Nepal's Stolen Art Museum

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'Give us back our gods': Inside Nepal's Museum of Stolen Art

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Nepal's Museum of Stolen Art is the brainchild of a conservationist.

He is spearheading a mission to secure the return of dozens of stolen artefacts.

Many of these idols are now in museums, auction houses or private collections in Western countries.

Many are worshipped by locals every day , with some followers offering food and flowers to the gods.

A sacred idol of the Hindu deities - Laxmi Narayan - has been brought home to Nepal from the Dallas Museum of Art almost 40 years after it first disappeared from a temple.

80 repatriated artefacts are housed in a special gallery of the National Museum of Nepal , waiting to undergo restoration before being returned to their rightful places.

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