Kathmandu, April 4
Two stone statues which were supposedly stolen from Nepal nearly one century ago have been taken back to Nepal on Wednesday.
A Buddha statue stolen 88 years ago from Yatkha of Kathmandu and an Uma Maheshwar statue stolen 95 years ago from Tangalhiti of Patan were taken to the United States by the smugglers. They were kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States.
The Museum agreed to return the idols after Nepal staked its claim, according to Bhesh Narayan Dahal, Director General at Department of Archaeology.
