Chinese courts have successfully stepped up efforts in recent years to formulate judicial rules to assist the recovery of the nation's cultural treasures from overseas, an official from the country's top court said on Tuesday.
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A Dutch collector who says he bought the Zhang Gong Patriarch an ancient Buddha statue containing the mummified remains of a famous monk has been ordered to return the stolen relic to its original owners, two villages in Fujian province.