Sacred objects stolen from shrines are being returned from museums in the West only to be stored away in museums in Nepal
For decades the Met has been adding to its antiquities collection pieces of dubious origin, including from Nepal. Now, its reputation is eroding.
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIA huge crowd gathered around the two-tiered temple of Laxmi-Narayan in Patko Tole on this historic day as the sounds of…
Nepal Embassy in Washington receives the 10th century Uma Maheswar statue from Denver Museum on Monday. The figure was stolen from Patan…
France’s Bonhams has withdrawn five 600-year-old religious objects stolen from Nepal from an ongoing auction after widespread international…
The original 12th-century Laxmi-Narayan stolen in 1984. Photo: LAIN SINGH BANGDEL In Sotheby’s catalogue in 1990. Photo: ERIN L. THOMPSON The…
Two 1,000-year-old stone deities return to Nepal, but hundreds of other stolen objects are still out thereHOMECOMING: The 12th century Uma…
