'Marcus Aurelius' statue seized from Cleveland museum in looting probe

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1970-01-01 08:00

The statue, believed from Turkey, is part of an antiquities smuggling probe, NY investigators say.

Authorities have seized an allegedly looted headless statue, believed to depict Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, from a museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

The bronze art was taken earlier this month by New York investigators who are probing claims that it was looted in the 1960s from Bubon, southern Turkey...