(2/3) Both items are tied to the activities of an indicted Indian antiquities trafficker known as "Shantoo".
In this case, a photograph sent to Kapoor turned out to be the 'smoking gun', showing the Stele in situ.
In this case, a photograph sent to Kapoor turned out to be the 'smoking gun', showing the Stele in situ.
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The sculpture did not sell and was returned to the Lahiris, who offered it at Christie's in March 2016, where it was seized.