US Collector Dealer's Stock Returned

Some of the artefacts

 
There has been a return of 45 artefacts to Pakistani authorities in New York by the Manhattan district attorney’s office (Stolen relics, Dawn 5 Nov 2020). Names named this time.

The relics are valued at around $250,000 and include sculptures of the Buddha from the Gandhara period. The return of these artefacts follows a lengthy probe by the US Homeland Security Investigation office into the collection of Nayef Homsi, described as a “known trafficker involved in illegal looting, exportation and sale of ancient art from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and other countries”. The Pakistani consulate in New York played a commendable role by pursuing the case of the artefacts and ensuring the return of these cultural and historical treasures.

Nayef Homsi was not a collector but a dealer  

Nayef Homsi: Ancient art of Asia 444 West 55th Street NY 10019 New York, USA

Based in New York City, Nayef Homsi is a dealer of antiquities, works on paper, and fine decorative objects from India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas. Formerly the Director of the Doris Wiener Gallery, he worked closely with Ms. Wiener, one of the foremost antiquities dealers of her time, in handling the placement of works in leading institutions and collections worldwide. Nayef Homsi began exhibiting privately in 2012 and organized two major exhibitions of Indian sculpture and painting at Aicon Gallery in March and September. That same year Homsi became a member of the Asia Week New York association. Since the founding of his company in 2011, Nayef Homsi has worked with major collections, institutions, and auction houses in the US and abroad. Nayef Homsi studied art history and comparative literature at Swarthmore College and received a Master's Degree in painting from City and Guilds of London. Born in Lebanon and raised in Paris, he travels frequently in continental Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia.