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French antique dealers return artefacts to China

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IANS Beijing

Christian Deydier, president of France's national antique dealers federation, has returned to China 24 gold antiques, stolen from 2,000-year-old tombs, the media reported on Tuesday.

The antiques will be exhibited in a museum in China's Gansu province, EFE news agency reported.

The move comes just two months after Deydier and billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault returned 32 artefacts to China.

The antiques were from tombs in Dabuzhishan region and date back to the Qin dynasty that ruled from 770-476 B.C.

China has launched a campaign to retrieve a large number of artefacts stolen from temples and tombs and now in the possession of foreign museums or private collectors.

 

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First Published: Sep 22 2015 | 4:14 PM IST

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