Getty Will Send Objects Back to Italy

The Getty Museum, in Los Angeles, has agreed to return 26 disputed art objects to Italy, while its former antiquities curator may face criminal charges in Greece for procuring allegedly looted artifacts, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The museum refused to return 20 additional objects that Italian cultural officials demanded, including a prized 2,500-year-old bronze statue discovered by Italian fishermen. Italy has accused the Getty of acquiring illegally exported and looted antiquities.

In Athens, a prosecutor recommended that five people, including Marian True, a former Getty curator, be charged with looting, selling, and receiving an ancient gold funerary wreath. The Getty is currently negotiating with Greece over the wreath and a sculpture.

Italian officials could not be reached for comment. Neither the Getty Museum nor Ms. True’s lawyer commented on the prosecutor’s recommendation.