US returns 250 stolen antiquities to India after a long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme
The items were returned at a ceremony in New York after a sprawling probe by the Manhattan district attorney’s office and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The items, worth an estimated $15 million, were handed over on Thursday during a ceremony at the Indian Consulate in New York City. The ceremony stems from a sprawling probe by the Manhattan district attorney’s office and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The case "serves as a potent reminder that individuals who maraud sacred temples in pursuit of individual profit are committing crimes not only against a country’s heritage but also its present and future”, District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr said in a statement.Authorities say Kapoor, jailed in India and facing charges there pending a US extradition request, used his Arts of the Past gallery in New York to traffic looted treasures from India and various countries in Southeast Asia.
The Shiva Nataraja bronze was sold by the mother of Nancy Wiener, a gallery operator who pleaded guilty in the case this month to charges of conspiracy and possession of stolen property, authorities said. In June, the district attorney’s office returned more than two dozen artifacts worth $3.8 million to Cambodia as part of the investigation.
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