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Legal battle over ancient statue under way in Italy
Posted on | January 14, 2010 | No Comments
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An adviser to billionaire J. Paul Getty had concerns about whether an ancient bronze statue destined for Getty’s world-famous museum had been properly removed from Italy, it was reported Thursday.
A 1976 letter from now deceased Getty adviser Bernard Ashmole, an Oxford archaeologist, said museum “exploits” to obtain the ancient Greek work “Victorious Youth” were a “crime.” However, the letter cited by the Los Angeles Times makes no specific accusations.
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