Manhattan District Attorney's Office returns two looted statues to Libya from the collection of disgraced former dealer Robin Symes
The artefacts, valued at a total of $1.26 million, changed hands with a repatriation ceremony
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The artefacts, valued at a total of $1.26 million, changed hands with a repatriation ceremony
Disgraced antiquities dealer Robin Symes, 84, acquired the objects, which are mainly of Italian and Greek origin, after they were excavated illegally before many were exported and sold globally.
Restitution follows the return of 350 Neolithic and Byzantine objects from the same source to Greece
Robin Symes took items worth £10m from tombs, sanctuaries and villas
Greece has finally won a protracted legal battle against the dodgy British dealer Robin Symes and recovered a huge hoard of antiquities.