No less than 1,440 antiquities collectively valued at USD 10 million will likely be returned to India, a press release has mentioned.
Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., in a press release on Wednesday, mentioned the items recovered beneath a number of ongoing investigations into felony trafficking networks, together with these of alleged antiquities trafficker Subhash Kapoor and convicted trafficker Nancy Wiener, had been returned at a ceremony with Manish Kulhary from the Consulate Basic of India right here and Alexandra deArmas, Group Supervisor from the Homeland Safety Investigation of New York Cultural Property, Artwork, and Antiquities Group.
Bragg introduced the return of 1,440 antiquities collectively valued at USD 10 million to the individuals of India, in keeping with the assertion.
“We’ll proceed to research the numerous trafficking networks which have focused Indian cultural heritage,” Bragg mentioned.
The returned items included a sandstone sculpture depicting a Celestial Dancer looted from a temple in Madhya Pradesh, the Tanesar Mom Goddess carved from green-grey schist and looted from the village of Tanesara-Mahadeva in Rajasthan.
The assertion mentioned that in Bragg’s tenure, the District Legal professional’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit recovered simply over 2,100 antiquities stolen from greater than 30 international locations and valued at virtually USD 230 million.
It mentioned about 1,000 antiquities, together with greater than 600 antiquities looted from India and recovered earlier this 12 months, had been scheduled to be repatriated within the coming months.
