The Independent

£1.5m ancient Greek statue looted from Libyan heritage site 'must be returned'

An ancient Greek sculpture worth £1.5m was “unlawfully excavated” from a world heritage site in Libya and brought to the UK, a judge has ruled. The 4ft marble statue was dug up in the ancient Greek ...
The Art Newspaper

Just Stop Oil protestors place high-vis jacket on ancient Greek statue at the British Museum

Environmental campaign group Just Stop Oil has taken its protests to the British Museum, dressing a statue of a Greek goddess in an orange high vis jacket, and displaying a speech bubble beside it ...
Daily Mail

Rare second century sculpture that was seized while being smuggled through Heathrow Airport is set to be returned to Libya by the British Museum

A rare 2,000 year-old statue is being returned to Libya after it was found during an attempt to smuggle it through Heathrow Airport. Border Force officials seized the sculpture in 2013, which experts ...