The Art Institute of Chicago is returning a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal after learning that it had been stolen. Officials are working with the government of Nepal to voluntarily repatriate the ...

This allowed the Buddha to remain in deep meditation. The Art Institute has had the sculpture on regular view in its galleries since 1997, and has featured it in landmark exhibitions. But the Art ...

The museum’s researchers collaborated with the government of Nepal to determine the sculpture had been stolen from the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.

This 12th century Nepali sculpture, “Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda,” regularly displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago since 1997, is heading back to its country of origin.