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STOLEN ANTIQUITIES RETURN
Bringing it all back homeIndia has reclaimed 1,000-year-old Chola copper plates from Leiden University. These artifacts, excavated during Dutch rule, reveal Chola d...
Stolen Indian idols abroad: Why global rules on sacred antiquities must changeWith great pride, the Ashmolean Museum has repatriated a 16th-century bronze idol back to its homeland, India. This significant gesture shi...
UK's Ashmolean museum sends back sacred idol to Tamil Nadu templeThe Ashmolean Museum in London has returned a 16th century bronze idol to India. This sacred icon belongs to a temple in Tamil Nadu. The mu...
Parliamentary Committee urges strengthening Archaeological Survey of India's documentation effortsThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture has submitted a report on the functioning of the Archaeological Sur...
324 antiquities brought back to India from 2003-2023: GovtA total of 324 antiquities have been brought back to India during 2003-2023, the government informed Parliament on Thursday. Union Culture ...
Centuries-old 'priceless' cultural artifacts smuggled out from Cambodia brought back homeIn Feb, a spectacular collection of jewelry returned from the estate of antiquities collector.
US repatriates 307 antiquities valued USD 4 mn stolen, trafficked from IndiaOf these, 235 antiquities were seized following the investigation by the office of the Manhattan District Attorney into disgraced art deale...
Why government needs to undertake nationwide survey of antiques and soon-to-be antiques in IndiaThe problem, for India, only gets compounded with the government lacking any reliable database on antiquities and their locations. Also, ev...
US returns 30 looted Bronze Age artworks to CambodiaThe artwork had been stolen during the wars in Cambodia in the 1970s.
Seven historic artefacts stolen from India set to return home after Glasgow City Council vote for repatriationSix of the artefacts were stolen from Hindu temples and shrines in different states in India during the 19th century.
US returns 248 antiquities valued at $15 million to India“This extraordinary assemblage of artifacts, recovered from five different criminal investigations over the past decade, embodies the timel...
Back to where they belong: A Lord Shiva statue, & other artefacts that were returned to their rightful ownersRecently, a 12th-century statue of Buddha stolen from India, made its way back to India.
US repatriates two antique statues stolen from IndiaBoth of the items were forfeited once the owners were presented with evidence that the artifacts were previously stolen from India.
Ancient idols returned by United States produced in Tamil Nadu courtIdol wing police, investigating the theft of idols, arrested Kapoor after his extradition from Germany with the help of Interpol in 2012.
Meet the art sleuths bringing India's stolen heritage homeIndia Pride Project team scans catalogues of art galleries to track down looted antiquities.
- Singapore returns stolen 11th Century sculpture to India
A Singaporean museum today said it is returning to India an 11th-century bronze sculpture, dating back to the Chola dynasty which it had pu...
US museum to return more than 100 Indian antiquitiesThe Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio is ready to return more than 100 Indian antiquities donated by art dealer Subhash Kapoor now lodged in Puz...
US to return 7 antiquities stolen from IndiaAuthorities said the museum was not aware that the stone objects had been stolen when they were added to its collection between 1991 and 20...
Australian PM Tony Abbott returns 11th century stolen idols to ModiDuring his meeting with Modi, Abbott returned the idols, one of which is a Nataraja --the dancing Shiva-- which belonged to the Chola dynas...
- US to return 1,000 smuggled Iraqi artefacts
The American authorities are set to return more than 1,000 priceless Iraqi artefacts smuggled out of the country after the US-led invasion ...