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'Give us back our gods': Inside Nepal's Museum of Stolen Art
Inside it are rooms filled with statues of Nepal's sacred gods and goddesses ... It was spotted by Dr Sweta Gyanu Baniya, a Nepali academic based in the US who said she fell to her knees and ...
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University of Michigan Museum of Art Seeks To Deaccession 9th Century Buddha Statue to Nepal
Prior to the statue's theft, it had been part of a chaitya (a public place of prayer or worship) in the Nepali village of ...
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Art Institute of Chicago Returns Sacred Buddha Statue to Nepal
The Buddha statue was first identified by the online ... and export of cultural objects has been illegal under Nepali law since 1956. In response to Hyperallergic’s request for comment, an ...