Two looted 8th-century Indian stone idols recovered in the UK

A Yogini Camunda (left) and a Yogini Gomukhi (right), Indian stone idols dating to the eighth century, both stolen from a temple in Lokhari, India between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, have been recovered. Image courtesy of Art Recovery International
A Yogini Camunda (left) and a Yogini Gomukhi (right), stone idols dating to the eighth century, both stolen from a temple in Lokhari, India between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, have been recovered. Image courtesy of Art Recovery International

LONDON – “There’s a lot of loot in the United Kingdom and we aim to shake it loose,” said CEO and Founder of Art Recovery International Christopher A. Marinello after the successful recovery of two eighth-century stone idols that had been illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, India in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The recovery of a Yogini Camunda and a Yogini Gomukhi (aka Cow-headed One) brings the number to three important Yogini idols recovered by Marinello in the past two years.

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