• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Owns 77 Works Linked to Trafficker Subhash Kapoor

    13 days ago - By Observer

    New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art currently possesses 77 Indian paintings and sculptures which can be traced back to antiquity trafficker Subhash Kapoor, according to a joint investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,the Indian Express newspaper and U.K.-based journalism project Finance Uncovered.
    Kapoor, an Indian-American art dealer, was sentenced to 10 years in jail in November by a court in Kumbakonam, India, which found him guilty of smuggling and illegally exporting 19 antiquities from the Sri Varadaraja Perumal temple in the Ariyalur district to...
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