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Danish family seek to return Etruscan objects bought from boot of car in Italy
Bent Søndergaard’s children say they want to carry out ‘his final wishes’ and send back antiquities he bought in 1960s
Their father bought the antiquities, a haul of dirt-encrusted Etruscan objects handed to him from the boot of a car, while on holiday in Italy in the 1960s. For decades they remained in the loft of the family home in Denmark, exasperating his wife and perplexing his children.
Now, inspired by a growing movement of people choosing to return antiquities apparently looted or illegally excavated from their countries of origin, his children are trying to give the items back to Italy.
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