US authorities return to Pakistan over 100 artefacts that were smuggled and sold by Indian-American gallery owner Subhash Kapoor
The United States has returned to Pakistan more than 100 antiquities recovered from Indian-American art smuggler Subhash Kapoor, New York prosecutors have announced.
Thursday's announcement came a week after Kapoor was convicted in India of stealing ancient religious idols and trafficking them to his art gallery in Manhattan. Kapoor, also wanted by American authorities, was the subject of a massive US federal investigation known as Operation Hidden Idol. The Manhattan District Attorney's office indicted him in 2020 and has requested his extradition from India.
New York returned 192 antiquities to Islamabad valued at almost $3.4 million, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg said in a statement.The returned items include a Gandhara statue depicting Maitreya, the enlightened Buddha, and Mehrgarh figures dating to around 3500-2600 BC that were looted from a Neolithic archaeological site in Pakistan.Bragg's office says that since 2011 it has recovered more than 2,500 artefacts worth at least $143 million that were trafficked by Kapoor and his associates.
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