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In a lawsuit filed in New York, Hobby Lobby says Dirk Obbink, a 64-year-old professor of papyrology at Oxford, sold fragments of papyrus and ancient objects worth $7,095,100 in seven private sales between 2010 and 2013.
A former classics professor is being sued for £5 million over the sale of fragments of biblical papyrus that were allegedly stolen from an Oxford University collection.Dirk Obbink, 64, is being sued
An Oxford University Classics professor arrested for allegedly stealing ancient bible fragments is facing a £5million lawsuit.
Dr Dirk Obbink, 63, was arrested by police in May on suspicion of theft and fraud after 13 priceless biblical papyrus fragments were sold to the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC.
It was then reported that he was awarded £434,000 by his college a year after concerns were first raised about his integrity.
The American-born professor, who denies the allegations, was handed a six-figure loan 12 months after a UK charity that archives and translates Greek manuscripts discovered in Egypt expressed concern about his behaviour, reported The Times.