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Amateur art detectives used modern tools and the law to return stolen artifacts

Thirty years ago, two copper gilded Bhairav masks were stolen from a temple in Nepal. The mask's owners thought they were gone for good – but they ended up in two American museums.

[Copyright 2024 NPR]

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