STOLEN ART TO BE RETURNED TO INDIA FROM AUSTRALIA

  • 29/07/2021

The National Gallery of Australia said on Thursday that it will return 14 artworks to India, including at least six that are thought to have been stolen or illegally transferred.The pieces, which include sculptures, photos and a scroll, were recognised as stolen, plundered or of unknown provenance by the Canberra gallery.
The collection is mostly made up of ‘religious and cultural artefacts’ valued at around $2.2 million, some of which date back to the 12th century.
Thirteen of the paintings are linked to suspected human trafficker Subhash Kapoor, a former Manhattan art dealer who was the focus of Operation Hidden Idol, a large US government investigation.
Many of the antiques Kapoor sold were from the 11th and 12th centuries when the Chola dynasty ruled Tamil Nadu and the Chola monarchy presided over a blossoming of Hindu art. The US has also returned hundreds of artefacts after his detention in 2011.

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