BRUSSELS – A Roman statue dating back to the First Century BC has been recovered, almost a decade after it was stolen from archaeological site in Italy.
Two Italian officers came across the sculpture of a headless figure wearing a toga at an antique shop in Belgium.
Suspicious of its origins, they searched a database of stolen artifacts and discovered the “Togatus” statue had been missing since 2011.
The sculpture is believed to be worth around €100,000 ($120,000, £87,000).
It was seized by Belgian authorities and has been returned to Italy, the government in Rome has announced.(BBC)
