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The stolen ancient tablet seized from Hobby Lobby is finally returning to its home in Iraq 30 years later
An ancient tablet acquired by Hobby Lobby containing part of the 'Epic of Gilgamesh' is returning t…
Heather Schlitz
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The Justice Department said that it seized $3.4 billion in bitcoin stolen a decade ago through the 'Silk Road' dark web
The Justice Department said Monday that it seized the bitcoin from a 32-year-old man in Georgia who…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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I've worked with big-name artists on copyright infringement cases. Here's what happens when their work is stolen.
Lawyer Robert Jacobs, who's worked with Marshmello and Kendrick Lamar, says sometimes a songwriter …
Cari Shane
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A student wrote 'I want a refund' on her graduation gown because she feels her education was stolen by the pandemic
Tia O'Donnell believes that pandemic-induced changes affected the quality of her course at Central …
Sam Tabahriti
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A woman paid $35 for a bust from Goodwill. It turned out to be a 2,000-year-old Roman artifact.
Antiques dealer Laura Young, who bought the item, later learned it's an ancient artifact that was l…
Celia Fernandez
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Sex, art theft, and privacy: Lensa exploded overnight — and now the avatar app is dealing with public backlash. Here's what you should know.
In the weeks since Lensa AI began taking the internet by storm, the app has generated nearly as man…
Bethany Biron
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Czech prince William Rudolf Lobkowick is preserving heirlooms from his family's 700-year-old legacy, which were stolen by the Nazis and Communists, using NFTs
"It's not just about selling NFTs to support cultural monuments, but it's also looking at how do we…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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NFTs are leading a new form of piracy, and this painter says her work has been stolen thousands of times
The artist said one unknown user listed her work thousands of times before OpenSea took down the li…
Natasha Dailey
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The FBI agent who helped recover $300 million worth of stolen art explains what Hollywood gets wrong about art heists
While each of these movies has its own twists and turns, films like 1999's "The Thomas Crown Affair…
Chris Snyder
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A billionaire hedge fund manager is surrendering $70 million worth of illegally smuggled antiquities. See photos of the relics, including a sculpture that was loaned to the Met.
A team of 60 researchers, investigators, and foreign law enforcement officials worked on the case f…
Dominick Reuter
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This dilapidated $15 million mansion built into a San Francisco cliffside once housed 'Lucky Luke's' stolen art - now it's for sale
The home may need some TLC, but its location and secluded seaside cove are a good start.Courtesy of…
Katie Canales
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A replica of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' has been sold to a European collector for $3.4 million - 10 times its expected selling price
The replica's longtime owner, Raymon Hekking, said his painting was the true "Mona Lisa," not the o…
Zahra Tayeb
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The site of a former SS brothel searched in the hunt for fabled Nazi gold and priceless art looted by Hitler's henchmen, say reports
Treasure hunters in Poland believe they may have found the site of stolen Nazi loot at a former pal…
Joshua Zitser,Julian Kossoff
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A Brazilian woman scammed her mother out of $140 million worth of art, jewelry in a 2-year scheme involving phony psychics, police say
Genevieve Boghici shelled out millions to fake psychics to free her daughter from "bad spirits." Li…
Lauren Frias
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The US agrees to return 2 Thai relics that were illegally obtained and held in the San Francisco Asian Art Museum
An official from the Royal Thai Consulate-General requested two Thai lintels be returned after disc…
Madison Hall
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Insider trading, IP theft, fake art and fake profiles — Scammers are taking advantage of NFT platforms’ lack of regulation
As far back as March, there were reports of people impersonating others in order to sell NFTs …
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These antiquities were stolen from India, and now US will soon return them
According to the US authorities, the museums was not aware that the period pieces were stolen when …
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Why rich people steal
"The more money you have, the higher in status you are, the more self-focused you become and are mo…