Editing Elgin Marbles (section)

=== Public campaigns for return ===
Outside Greece, a campaign for the return of the marbles began in 1981 with the formation of the International Organising Committee – Australia – for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Committee History |url=https://iocarpm.wordpress.com/about-2/committee-history/ |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=International Organising Committee – Australia for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles|date=13 January 2016 }}</ref> and in 1983, with the formation of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.parthenonuk.com/about-bcrpm/who-we-are |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=The British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles}}</ref> Campaign organisations also exist in Greece and around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bring Them Back |url=http://www.bringthemback.org |access-date=17 April 2010}}</ref>

A number of British and international celebrities, such as comedian [[Stephen Fry]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sanderson |first=David |date=30 May 2022 |title=Stephen Fry: Be classy and return the Elgin Marbles |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/art/article/stephen-fry-be-classy-and-return-the-elgin-marbles-mj2zmxgrj |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 May 2022 |work=[[The Times]] |language=en |issn=0140-0460 |quote=He said the return of the statues from Britain "would be an act that uses a word that we haven't been able to use of Britain's acts lately, much: it would be classy".}}</ref> and actors [[Liam Neeson]] and [[George Clooney]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Gareth |date=8 March 2021 |title=George Clooney wades into Parthenon Marbles debate – again |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/03/08/george-clooney-wades-into-parthenon-marbles-debateagain |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=The Art Newspaper}}</ref> have expressed their support for the return of the marbles.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Herman |first=Alexander |title=The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2023 |isbn=9781509967179 |location=London |pages=4, 78–80 |postscript=. Note: In addition to Fry, Neeson and Clooney, Herman also cites Tom Hanks, Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian McKellen, and Joanna Lumley as prominent supporters of the campaign.}}</ref>