Vases, bronze statues and frescoes worth about 50 million euros were found during searches in Swiss vaults criminal art-дилера Gianfranco Baccini

Record number of ancient artifacts, illegally exported from Italy, returned to their homeland. During searches conducted in Swiss vaults criminal Sicilian art dealer, was discovered on 5 361 art - vases, bronze statues and murals - a total cost of about 50 million Euro@

artefacts date from the vast period from the eighth century BC BC to the third century BC E. they are Now placed in the Baths of Diocletian, part of the National Museum of Rome, and may be displayed publicly, before we return to the museums in the South Italia@

"This is the biggest in a long time, quantity and quality of the discovery of archaeological objects", - says the representative of the carabinieri General Mariano moss (Mariano Mossa).

Artifacts were found during the investigation of the activities of the Basel art dealer Gianfranco Baccini (Gianfranco Becchina) and his wife Ursula of EurAsEC (Ursula Juraschek). They were accused of creating the largest smuggling network of black diggers, dealers and dealers who sold illegally in southern Italy antiquities around the world. Buccina falsified documents about the provenance and other papers in order to convince potential buyers, among which was frequently museums, that art came to him legally. The case against Buccini was closed for lapse of time, the dealer remained at large. However, its archive with inventory lists of works, photographs and accounts went to the police. Many of these photos and documents can lead to artifacts in the collections of famous museums, believes Professor of archaeology David Gill. For more than ten years Italy has been fighting for the return of their cultural heritage, and this repatriation of more than 5 thousand artifacts is a very important page in the history of this Barby@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Источники: theguardian.com, businessinsider.com, artinvestment.ru

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