India asks Oxford museum to return 'stolen' bronze statue

Ashmolean receives request for restitution of 15th-century idol of Saint Tirumankai Alvar The Indian government has asked the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to return a 15th-century bronze idol that was apparently stolen from a temple in the 1960s.The Indian high commission in London said a formal request for restitution of the statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar was made last Friday. Continue reading...