Binu Shrestha

• Binu Shrestha
• Wed, 25 May 2022

Five stolen idols of deities arrive from USA

Five sculptures stolen from Kathmandu Valley from the 1950s to 1980s have been returned home. The sculptures arrived in the capital from Washington DC, USA on Tuesday. Manual P Micaller, deputy chief of mission of the US Embassy in Kathmandu, handed over the artefacts to the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale and the Department of Archaeology (DoA) amid a press meet at the Department. Receiving the objects, Minister Ale said that such repatriation of Nepal’s heritage was helping USA and Nepal build a strong cultural relationship.