Hundreds of culturally significant artefacts from an historic Asian shipwreck that were offered for sale online before being seized under Australian legislation have been returned to the Indonesian Government.
Artefacts from historic shipwreck returned to the Indonesian Government
Australian Federal Police,
17 August 2022, Australia
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