Padmapani and Nrtyadevi sculptures returned to Nepal
Manhattan prosecutors returned a gilt bronze Padmapani and a polychromed wooden Nrtyadevi following trafficking investigations. Archival festival and monastery photographs helped establish that the figures had been stolen from Nepal.
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