A photo of Kim Kardashian posing next to an Egyptian coffin at the 2018 Met Gala is helping crack a long-running criminal case and track down the location of the stolen treasure.
, a photo of Kardashian posing next to an Egyptian coffin at the 2018 Met Gala is helping crack a long-running criminal case and track down the location of the stolen treasure. Originally purchased by the Met in 2017, the sarcophagus was apparently looted from Minta in 2011 during the Egyptian revolution where it was then trafficked through the Emirates to Germany where it was then restored by the manager of Hamburg's Dionysos Gallery, Roben Dib, and supplied with fake documentation.
Discussing the smuggling case in his podcast,"Art Bust," Ben Lewis explained,"a looter involved in digging up the coffin contacted the DA's antiquities-trafficking unit after they did not receive their share of the payment for the job. Head of the DA unit Matthew Bogdanos, who had been trying to locate the smuggling ring for five years, then immediately opened up a case for the item and informed the Met of the development.
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