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A pre-Islamic sculpture traced back to the second century AD, was returned to its native Afghanistan this week.
The sculpture was looted during the Afghan civil war in the late 1970s and eventually traced to Munich, Germany last year. It isn’t known how the sculpture arrived in Germany, and the Afghan embassy in Berlin is still investigating the matter.
The sculpture depicts eight figures believed to be audience members watching Buddha.
This is a masterpiece … I am optimistic that in the future we will get the other artifacts back, said Omara Khan Massoudi, the director of Afghanistan’s National Museum, which housed the sculpture before it was stolen.
More details on the recovery can be found on Reuters.com.