Barakat Gallery
Art theftnews
$1.5m bronze Buddha statue stolen from Los Angeles gallery
A single thief allegedly maneuvered the 250-pound sculpture, dating from Japan’s Edo Period, out of the Barakat Gallery’s backyard and into a rental truck
Repatriationnews
Stolen Nepalese temple artefacts found at London gallery returned in embassy ceremony
The artefacts, from the 16th and 18th centuries, were discovered in Barakat Gallery and were voluntarily handed over to police
Commercial galleriesarchive
Iran loses case against Barakat Gallery ordering return of artefacts seemingly taken from Jiroft
UK courts ruled that Iran presented insufficient evidence to warrant the antiquities' reacquisition
Iranarchive
Iran sues Barakat Gallery for return of antiquities apparently looted from Jiroft
The gallery's owner makes no comment on artefacts' origins, but insists that all purchases were made legally