An estimated 1,000 pieces of ancient artworks are stolen from Indian temples every twelvemonth together with shipped to the international market, according to Singapore-based Indian-origin transportation executive.
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| A sandstone statue of Rishabhanata, from Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, India, inwards the tenth century AD., flanked past times a duet of attendants. It is valued at closed to $150,000 [Credit: U.S. Immigration together with Customs Enforcement] |
Some of these are equally heavy equally 15-16 tonnes.
Kumar has detailed the artwork theft inwards a mass "The Idol Thief", which was launched inwards Singapore on Saturday.
"We accept tracked some of the huge objects, 15-16 tonnes sculptures, that accept left the Earth past times Ocean containers, declared equally brassware together with garden furniture," Kumar told PTI.
"Sadly, for a longtime, it has non been cared for," he said, pointing out that non many people realise the extent of the loot which is a targeted loot on an manufacture scale. Some stolen pieces are replicated without people realising it.
Industry scale loot way auction houses are sending their overstep executives to choice together with direct fine art pieces spell some are sharing the pictures on social media what tin hand the axe survive sourced out of the Indian heritage, he explained.
On selecting a specific artwork, the illegal procedure of acquiring it starts.
Kumar has legally checked together with compiled his direct a opportunity of tracking looted Indian idols together with artworks inwards the 225-page mass of truthful events.
To escape tracking, routes for container shipment of huge sculptures are changed from Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata together with Hong Kong on to New York together with London likewise equally other international destinations.
Smaller pieces are existence couriered, he said.
The US of America is the biggest marketplace for these stolen pieces, followed past times the United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland together with straightaway it is moving to Australia, according to Kumar.
Tracking these stolen pieces is hard inwards the borderless EU where some countries similar FRG are putting inwards tougher laws on protecting antiquity works.
Kumar has a 11-member squad of volunteers together with supported past times some 200 spread across the globe, all working for free.
The chartered accountant from Tamil Nadu opens the mass amongst a even out on Subhash Kapoor, who is inwards Chennai jail for theft of idols from Indian Temples.
American government accept recovered stolen Indian fine art worth USD 100 i M m from arrested Kapoor's warehouses together with galleries together with named him "one of the most prolific commodities smugglers inwards the world".
Kumar said Republic of Republic of India needs a powerful police pull to protect its artwork.
Almost all stolen Indian artworks inwards the international marketplace are without documents.
There is no archive on most of the Indian artwork, regrets Kumar who has played a purpose inwards the arrest of many idol thieves together with smugglers.
Among the prized stolen artwork are pieces from the Chola dynasty which witnessed the edifice of many elaborately carved rock temples all over Tamil Nadu from 850 CE to 1250 CE.
Giving a comparison, he said Italia was the front end runner inwards protecting its artwork amongst tough laws which has helped recover 378,000 pieces 2012 spell Republic of Republic of India has rescued 27 pieces since 2012.
Worldwide thinking is changing amongst onus existence seat on a buyer to proof that the genuine artwork is acquired legally.
Egypt, for one, is recovering stolen artwork past times simply pointing out the Egyptian origin, putting pull per unit of measurement area on a buyer to proove it is a legal acquisition, according to Kumar who has a spider web log on Indian fine art called poetryinstone.in.
Source: PTI [November 16, 2018]
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