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What fuels the illicit trade in Indian antiquities? As we have seen in the previous columns, it’s a demand-driven trade and today we are going to have a closer look at another important factor that is impoverishing source nations of their cultural heritage unregulated museum purchases. 
Traditionally you would expect museums, that too public-funded national museums, to have stringent policies for acquisitions and purchases as compared to a buccaneering private collector as they have an obligation to the taxpayer and donors to ensure their monies are spent properly. 
But the case of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) is a shocker. The museum has often ignored very clear red flags and done little to no due diligence when buying cultural treasures. A few token photo-op restitutions cannot undo the damage on the ground. ....

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