New York officials have returned stolen antiquities worth nearly $14 million to Italy, including dozens of artifacts seized from US billionaire Michael Steinhardt.
Among them was a $1.2 million marble statue of a veiled woman's head, which was repatriated to Libya in January. A helmet thought to have belonged to Alexander the Great's father, Philip of Macedon, was meanwhile handed back to Bulgaria. In February, 47 items from Steinhardt's collection were returned to Greece, including a rare statue valued at $14 million.
The investigation looked at more than 1,000 antiquities linked to Steinhardt since at least 1987. Authorities found that he had possessed looted artifacts that had been smuggled out of 11 countries by 12 criminal networks. Upon the investigation's conclusion in December, Manhattan's then-District Attorney, Cy Vance, Jr., said that Steinhardt had"displayed a rapacious appetite for plundered artifacts without concern for the legality of his actions, the legitimacy of the pieces he bought and sold, or the grievous cultural damage he wrought across the globe."In a statement provided to CNN at the time, Steinhardt's lawyers, Andrew J. Levander and Theodore V. Wells Jr.
They maintained that"many" of the dealers Steinhardt bought stolen artifacts from had"made specific representations as to the dealers' lawful title to the items, and to their alleged provenance," adding:"To the extent these representations were false, Mr. Steinhardt has reserved his rights to seek recompense from the dealers involved.
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