500-year-old stolen bronze idol of Indian saint Tirumankai Alvar to be returned by Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum to India, following a claim by the Indian High Commission.

Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum will return a 500-year-old stolen bronze idol of Indian saint Tirumankai Alvar to India, following a claim by the Indian High Commission. The statue was acquired by the museum in 1967 and believed to have been stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu. The Indian government has made a formal request for the statue's return, and the museum maintains it acquired the statue in good faith. This decision will be submitted to the Charity Commission for approval.

June 10, 2024
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