ISTANBUL, Jun 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Turkish police seized the head of a 2,000-year-old statue, in the western city of Izmir, as part of a crackdown on a ring of historical artefact smugglers, the state-run Anadolu agency reported, yesterday.
The police raided the house of a suspect, believed to be involved in the smuggling of ancient treasures, in the Karabaglar district of Izmir and found the head of the statue in a dishwasher.
The head is believed to be part of a marble statue, depicting a goddess or a noble, dating back to the Hellenistic period.
Legal procedures have been launched against the suspect, who allegedly attempted to smuggle the artefact abroad.– NNN-XINHUA
