Too Hot to Handle: Artefact Collector Got Tired of His Trophy Object?

Credit: Greek Police

A metre-high headless marble statue of a woman was found dumped as rubbish in Thessaloniki, Greece (CBS News '2,000-year-old statue found dumped near garbage cans' 18.02.2025). According to the first assessment by the archaeology service, the object is from the Hellenistic period (between 323 and 31 BC)

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized crime unit said it was investigating "after a 32-year-old man went to the police to drop off a statue he had apparently found inside a black bag near dustbins." [...] It will be transferred to the crime investigation team in northern Greece for lab tests, then to the antiquities service for evaluation and conservation, according to the statement.