Antiquities stolen from Afghanistan returned with help of British Museum and Met police’s Art and Antiques Unit

Sculptures of Buddha dating from the 4th-6th centuries smuggled out of Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago have finally been returned to the country’s national museum.

The nine clay heads and a torso, believed to have been smuggled out of Peshawar, Pakistan, after the…

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