An impudent Hindu or Buddhist guy suggests 'shifting the onus of proving the legality of an artifact to the seller and not the source country'. "Guilty until proven innocent" is a standard that the archeology lobby very much desires should be applied to every ancient artifact. However, it is not a standard that is in any way compatible with with the time-honored traditions of English Common Law, which became the origin of both the British and US Constitutions, and the legal rights of citizens of the English-speaking nations. The idol worshippers will not prevail here.
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