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International Art World Abuzz with Theft and Intrigue

Gaze upon the artifacts of ancient Rome or Greece in any major American museum and you're likely to be looking at objects that may have been stolen. With rules on the acquisition of antiquities in constant flux from country to country and era to era, the confusion has led to criminal charges against one of the world's most respected antiquities curators. Marion True, formerly at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, is on trial in Rome for allegedly acquiring looted Italian antiquities. Do these objects belong to the world at large or the country of origin? Guest host Diana Nyad explores the issue of patrimony with journalists, curators, museum administrators, legal experts and a member of a British advisory panel to prevent and prohibit the illicit trade in cultural objects. (This discussion originally aired earlier today on To the Point.)