Police seize priceless 2,000-year-old Aphrodite statue in Istanbul

Doğan News Agency (2016). Police seize priceless 2,000-year-old Aphrodite statue in Istanbul. Hurriyet Daily News. 12 July.

Title Police seize priceless 2,000-year-old Aphrodite statue in Istanbul
Publication Date 12th Jul 2016
Author
Source Hurriyet Daily News
Country Turkey
Region West and Central Asia
Art type Antiquities
Subject Theft, Raid or Seizure, Arrest
Comments One of the men detained claimed he got the artefacts in exchange for a house he had sold.
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