The seizure is part of an active criminal investigation focused on a smuggling network trafficking antiquities looted from Turkey and passing through Manhattan.
The sculpture, which depicts a daughter of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, is the second out-of-state item to be seized by the Antiquities Trafficking Unit
MILAN (AP) Italy's culture minister on Thursday welcomed the return of 201 prized antiquities valued at more than $11 million that had been located in prestigious U.S. museums and galleries after being illegally trafficked in recent decades.