Anderson Cooper on "60 minutes" uncovers looted, ancient art on billionaire's mansion

[milotic2]

@60minutes A missing Cambodian sculpture was discovered in a billionaire’s home in Florida after it was featured in Architectural Digest. #cambodia #stolenartifacts #60minutes #architecturaldigest ♬ original sound - 60 Minutes
On a resurfaced 2008 issue of Architectural Digest, featuring the mansion of Douglas Latchford in Florida, a series of

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[anterrabre]

No surprises here; this is depressingly common. There's a reason why the Art Crimes division of the FBI and MI-6 exists.

[asnindie]

In b4 someone tells us all we're being high and mighty because if we were billionaires we'd be stealing art too

[sandstorm]

please tell me someone here isn't that dense

[asnindie]

Well...

[lysblack]

Or how without the wealthy all the art would have been destroyed/lost!

[backtoblack]

Hope this leads to more repatriation of stolen works or whatever nonsense attorneys for billionaires call this type of theft and meddling

[jojito]

I doubt it. When it comes to stolen art, museums and billionaires act exactly the same, like shameless thieves.
And none of them are remotely interested in returning anything. And governments are not gonna do anything about it.

[bluebear_74]

Some are returning items they've discovered were stolen. I mean there's still a long way to go but it's a start.

"National Gallery of Australia to return 14 artworks worth $3m to India"
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/29/national-gallery-of-australia-to-return-14-artworks-worth-3m-to-india

[lysblack]

Eat the rich, indeed. Fucking bastard.

[therearewords]

The entitlement is bigger than the statue.