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Thursday, 16 April 2015 10:36

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Seeks Custody of Stolen Antiquities Worth $100 Million

Many museums, including the Met, acquired works from Subhash Kapoor. Many museums, including the Met, acquired works from Subhash Kapoor. Wikipedia

A $100 million (£68m) trove of Hindu and Buddhist treasures has been recovered during raids on a series of storage lock-ups across New York in the largest antiquities seizure in American history.

The 2,622 artifacts are alleged to have been plundered from ancient sites in South Asia and smuggled into the US for sale to museums and collectors by a Madison Avenue art dealer accused of operating an international smuggling racket.

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