Saviours of the deity: The men who bring back stolen idols

A few intrepid men have taken it upon themselves to bring back India's stolen antiquities

Nikita Puri  July 22, 2016 Last Updated at 20:50 IST

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Some four years ago, Brent Easter, a federal agent for the US Department of Homeland Security who investigates stolen antiquities, received a letter from a villager in Tamil Nadu, asking him to find the village’s lost gods. “Thieves have stolen our gods, made and given to us by our great, great grandfathers, and sold them abroad. The old people say if someone steals the property of Shiva, his entire clan is cursed, but the thieves don’t seem to care. Due to the wrath of the gods, the rains are not coming on time, and the land has turned barren,” ...

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Saviours of the deity: The men who bring back stolen idols