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US authorities returned about 250 antiquities to India last year as part of a long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme. AP
US authorities returned about 250 antiquities to India last year as part of a long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme. AP
India demands return of stolen antique idols from US museum
Tamil Nadu has huge repository of stone and metal idols targeted by smugglers for decades