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Art Gallery of NSW to hand back 800-year-old carving that was stolen from Nepalese temple

The temple strut, which depicts the image of a goddess, in the Art Gallery of NSW. (Supplied: Art Gallery of New South Wales)

The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) is preparing to hand back a sacred medieval wooden carving, nearly two years after it was identified on social media as being stolen from the Kathmandu Valley.

In 2021, concerns were raised that the 800-year-old temple strut in the AGNSW collection had been looted from the city of Patan on the outskirts of Kathmandu.

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