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Toledo Museum’s Ganesha bronze returned to India

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The Toledo Museum of Art’s Ganesha bronze returned to India. Photograph: Toledo Museum of Art.
The Toledo Museum of Art’s Ganesha bronze returned to India. Photograph: Toledo Museum of Art. Image source ↗
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US authorities announced the return to India of a roughly thousand-year-old bronze Ganesha. The Toledo Museum of Art, which had acquired it from Subhash Kapoor, voluntarily surrendered the sculpture after evidence established its theft and illicit export.

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