New Delhi : America has agreed to return the ancient idols that were stolen and sold from India years ago. In this connection, he has first returned 15 | BLiTZ
Union Culture Secretary Govind Mohan, briefing reporters Sunday on the third G20 Culture Working Group meeting in Hampi, said this is the first lot of antiquities that the Met has willingly agreed to return to India.
The Indian Express had reported on March 14, following an investigation in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and UK-based Finance Uncovered, that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York had at least 77 antiquities in its catalogue linked to jailed smuggler Subhash Kapoor.