The officers of Idol Wing CID seized 14 metal idols worth several crores which are suspected to be antiques from an art gallery in Thanjavur.
This seizure was made by the Idol Wing CID which recently received an information that in 2017, the idols of Rishabhadeva, Sivagami Amman, and Mahaveera were produced before the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) with the intention of selling the idols abroad after getting a certificate that they were not antique. But the ASI after examining the idols issued a certificate that the idols are suspected to be antiques which foiled the plans of the accused.
