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Italian police widen fraud investigation after seizing Rubens painting from Genoa exhibition
The Carabinieri accuse four people of downgrading and illegally exporting the Old Master work, which has now been returned to the show in the Palazzo Ducale
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UK puts temporary export ban on Tipu Sultan tiger's head—but commentators claim it was looted in the 18th century
The finial, valued at £1.5m, is one of eight golden heads that adorned the throne of the so-called Tiger of Mysore, which was broken up by British East India Company forces after his defeat in 1799
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Contested export of a Caillebotte painting raises questions about Canadian cultural law
A Canadian court recently overturned a ruling on the "national importance" of the French Impressionist's work, sold at Heffel Auction House in 2016