Tasoula Hadjitofi, Inviting Collectors to the Walk of Truth

The article about a British collector who has signed over his collection of Cypriot antiquities to a museum (Gina Agapiou, 'British collector to send antiquities back home' Cyprus Mail September 29, 2019) mentions Tasoula Hadjitofi, founder of Walk of Truth charity for the protection of cultural heritage.

Hadjitofi  has been recovering and repatriating antiquities looted from Cyprus for 30 years and in 2017 published a memoir about her quest called “Icon hunter”. Originally from Famagusta, she settled in the Netherlands after 1974. In 2011, Hadjitofi founded “Walk of Truth”, the non-profit organisation which aims to stop the illegal trade in artefacts and to raise awareness of law enforcement authorities of the destruction and illegal trafficking in cultural heritage. [...] [,,,] Throughout the years, Hadjitofi has helped repatriate a number of frescos such as the one of Archangel Michael and Virgin Mary and Child from Antiphonitis Monastery that was in the possession of a Greek art collector.

 Hadjitofi  calls on other collectors to do the same. “If you are a correct human being obeying human rights, you will find that answer within yourself just as David Johnson did,” she said.