Nepal
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Pangboche Hand
The Pangboche Hand is an alleged Yeti hand, stolen from a Nepali monastery. A finger was stolen in 1958 and smuggled by actor James Stewart and the complete hand was stolen in the early 1990s.
Uma Maheshwar from Nepal
A 12th century Hindu sculpture stolen from Nepal in 1982 and returned from a Berlin museum in 2000.
Related Publications
Yates, D. and Mackenzie, S. (2018), ‘Heritage, crisis, and community crime prevention in Nepal,’ International Journal of Cultural Property 25(2): 203–221.