The national gallery of Australia is set to return to Cambodia three 9th and 10th Century bronze sculptures, which were found to have been stolen. The step has been taken after a decade-long investigation was carried out by the two nations to find the origin of the works.

Re-writing history of loot: Australia's national gallery to return stolen Cambodian artefacts

India's culture ministry informed on Sunday during the G20 Culture Group meet that nearly 150 artefacts are expected to be returned by the US over the next three to six months.

G20 Culture Group meet: India to receive 150 stolen artefacts from the US in next 6 months

After being stolen from Mexico in the late 1950s, the ancient Olmec artefact known as "Gateway to the Underworld," has been returned to its homeland. The piece, also referred to as the Monument 9 of Chalcatzingo arrived in Mexico on a Mexican Air Force plane on Friday (May 19), following a repatriation operation supervised by Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.

Mexico's Olmec 'Portal of the Underworld' returns home after five decades in US

The United States has returned 192 artefacts worth $3.4 million to Pakistan. One of the prominent stolen artefacts of Buddha or a Gandharan statue of a Maitreya that was stolen from Pakistan during the 1990s and trafficked into New York County is among the items being returned.

US returns 192 stolen artifacts worth $3.4mn to Pakistan; 7 found guilty of theft, trafficking

An auction site in southern France plunged into chaos after a local Gabonese community held protest against the auction of a 19th-century wooden carved mask that was sold for 4.

‘Stolen goods’: Protest erupts after rare Gabon mask sold for $4.6mn in southern France

A statue which was stolen nearly 40 years ago has now been returned to Nepal and re-installed in the capital city Kathmandu. The statue was made of stone and depicted the Hindu gods Laxmi and Narayan.

Statue which was stolen 40 years ago re-installed in Nepal

The United States has repatriated 27 antiquities to Cambodia, including Hindu and Buddhist statues, after years of work by New York investigators to recover the smuggled artefacts.

United States returns 27 stolen antiquities to Cambodia

An American woman who visited the beautiful city, Rome, decided to return an ancient Roman marble that she stole in 2017 with a personal apology note. The woman, identified as Jess, returned an ancient marble to the National Roman Museum and apologised "for being such an American a*****e" for taking something that was not "rightfully mine".

'Sorry for being such an American a*****e': Woman returns ancient Roman marble

Antiques and manuscripts are being stolen and sold for millions of dollars. Religious deities are being auctioned off, the highest bidder displays it in his home as if it always belonged to him, but what happens to the original owners?

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