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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Getty Museum to send stolen terracotta statues back to Italy

The three statues, known as Orpheus and the Sirens.
The three statues, known as Orpheus and the Sirens. Photograph: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles is returning a group of lifesize terracotta statues, dating back to between 350 and 300BC, and four other objects to Rome after an investigation concluded the relics had been stolen and smuggled out of Italy.

The three statues, known as Orpheus and the Sirens, have been removed from display at the museum and are being prepared for transport back to Rome in September.

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