SOTHEBY'S HALTS SALE OF ANCIENT BUDDHIST RELICS DUE TO INDIA'S PROTEST — PAPER
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✍️ Sotheby's auction house delayed the sale of jewels linked to Buddha's corporeal relics in Hong Kong after India's Ministry of Culture opposed the sale.
👉 Sotheby's auction house delayed the sale of jewels linked to Buddha's corporeal relics 👉 India's Ministry of Culture opposed the sale and demanded the jewels be handed over to Indian authorities 👉 Leaders of the Buddhist monastic clergy of Sri Lanka expressed outrage at the possible sale 👉 The jewels are part of a private British collection and were discovered in the 19th century
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