A recent incident in which more than 2,000 artifacts were stolen from the world s prestigious public cultural facility, the British Museum in the UK, has become a cultural industry scandal that puts Western museums into a trust crisis while triggering emerging voices from countries such as China and Egypt, who are calling for the return of looted relics still held by the UK museum.
There have been increasing calls for artefacts held in the UK to be returned to their countries of origin, even before the British Museum theft scandal came to light.