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Two notable masterpieces looted from the historic Peruvian church 12 years ago are finally returned to the country's authorities thanks to help from US authorities.
Two British siblings have been locked up in Switzerland after they confessed to breaking into a Geneva museum to steal famed Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts.
The well-known American museum will return several ancient statues to Cambodia (and two to Thailand) after federal prosecutors, aided by former Cambodian looters, discovered that the artifacts had been stolen from ancient temples. For Cambodians, sculptures are not just works of art but hold the soul of their ancestors.
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: In the first week of December, the U.S. government helped repatriate four ancient statues stolen from Nepal and smuggled to the US by traffickers. The statues, including two Bhairabh masks and stone idols of Shiva Parvati (Uma Maheshwar) and Durga dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, were officially handed over to the Government of Nepal on December 5.
UNESCO, in collaboration with Interpol, is planning the launch of a $2.5 million virtual museum of stolen cultural objects.