The Idol Wing CID, joining hands with the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras (IIT-M), is creating an artificial intelligence-based software to hunt for smuggled antique idols belonging to temples of Tamil Nadu which are in custody of various international museums and with collectors, said its Director General of Police, K. Jayanth Murali.
"We are developing an algorithm with the unique characteristics of idols belonging to different periods like Pandya, Chola and Sangam," he said. The software will look for the idols from Tamil Nadu using the images of idols available on the websites of various international museums and collectors, he said.
