The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Manhattan announced the return of 192 artifacts valued at about 3. 4 million dollars to Pakistan. The majority of the 187 artifacts were seized, and by investigating the former Manhattan arts merchant, Sophash Kapoor, the court sentenced the merchant to 10 years imprisonment for robbery and export Illegal for artifacts earlier this month.
“Subhaach Kapoor was one of the most abundant smugglers in the world, but thanks to the work of the investigators and specialized analysts, we were able to restore the thousands of the pieces looted by his network, and we will continue to follow up on the full accountability of Kapoor and his conspirators with him, who showed a blatant ignorance For the cultural and historical importance of these monuments, “according to Art News.
Kapoor and his partners often sold the pieces through the art exhibition of the artistic merchant, between 2011 and 2022, and the DA office and internal security investigations regained more than 2,500 pieces obtained and sold illegally by Kapoor and his network, according to the DA office, and the value was estimated The total of the recovered elements of more than 143 million dollars, the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Manhattan for the first time issued an arrest warrant for Kapoor a decade ago.
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