Nita Ambani Overseeing 77 Smuggled Indian Antiques Sitting In New York’s Met Museum

An investigation by The Indian Express revealed 77 smuggled Indian antiques are sitting in New York's Met Museum, and Nita Ambani is overseeing them.

From an ivory sculpture of “Moon God Chandra” traced to 2nd-1st century BCE to an eighth-century stone sculpture of “Kamadeva, the God of Love”; from an ink-and-watercolour painting of “Mahishasura Mardini” in 1760 to another in “red ochre and wash on paper” from 1775-80 depicting “Rama and Lakshmana”.

All of them sit, catalogued, in the Met...

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