Stolen works still a Concern for Ethical Buyers

With a flood of newly looted antiquities appearing in the market place from conflict zones in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq and Syria, as well as antiquities stolen from places such as Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam, those seeking to purchase "untainted" cultural objects face a formidable task. It is to be hoped that our leading public institutions, such as the NGA, will in the future set a much higher benchmark than they appear to have done in the past when evaluating the legitimacy of objects being brought into their collections.

Duncan Chappell, 'Stolen works still a concern for galleries' The Australian August 27, 2013