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European Court Upholds Italy's Claim To Greek Bronze In US Museum

Rome has been trying to recover it since its sale for $3.9 million at an auction in Germany (Credit: AFP)

Italy is allowed to confiscate an ancient Greek bronze fished from the Adriatic in the 1960s and now in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Europe's top rights court ruled Thursday.

Representing a nude athlete and known in the United States as "Victorious Youth", the statue vanished following its 1964 discovery until its 1977 purchase by the museum. The Getty has since refused to return it to Italy.

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