Editing Nepal (section)

=== Looting of the cultural heritage of Nepal ===
Cultural looting is a crisis in Nepal despite efforts to combat it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bouledroua |first=Daoud |title=Cultural looting still a persistent crisis in South-East Asia |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/cultural-looting-still-persistent-crisis-south-east-asia |website=unesco.org |access-date=8 November 2023 |archive-date=12 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212063827/https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/cultural-looting-still-persistent-crisis-south-east-asia |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Emiline |date=2022 |title=The Ongoing Quest to Return Nepal's Looted Cultural Heritage |url=https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/290898/1/290898.pdf |journal=Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=264–271 |doi=10.1353/gia.2022.0039 |s2cid=253371754 |issn=2471-8831 |access-date=25 December 2023 |archive-date=20 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020042918/https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/290898/1/290898.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dhakal |first=Ashish |date=2022-01-08 |title=Who looted Nepal's gods? |url=https://nepalitimes.com/here-now/who-looted-nepals-gods |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=nepalitimes.com |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108062908/https://nepalitimes.com/here-now/who-looted-nepals-gods |url-status=live }}</ref> Volunteers working for the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign have helped recover artifacts.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Small |first=Zachary |date=2021-10-29 |title=Citizen Activists Lead the Hunt for Antiquities Looted From Nepal |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/arts/nepal-looted-antiquities-citizens.html |access-date=2023-11-08 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108062908/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/arts/nepal-looted-antiquities-citizens.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022 [[Barakat Gallery]]'s London branch relinquished 16th-century carved wooden Torana, a ceremonial gateway, and the 17th-century stone statue of a kneeling devotee, both taken from sacred sites near Kathmandu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Solomon |first=Tessa |date=2022-03-21 |title=London Gallery Returns Two Artifacts Looted from Nepalese Temples |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/london-gallery-returns-two-nepal-artifacts-1234622423/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108062908/https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/london-gallery-returns-two-nepal-artifacts-1234622423/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023 Nepalese artifacts suspected of having been looted were found in the [[Art Institute of Chicago]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cherney |first=Elyssa |title=She was the queen of Chicago's arts community. But her collection now means trouble for the Art Institute. |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/arts-entertainment/art-institute-chicago-nepal-looted-art-concerns |website=chicagobusiness.com |date=20 March 2023 |access-date=8 November 2023 |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107192117/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/arts-entertainment/art-institute-chicago-nepal-looted-art-concerns |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-20 |title=More than 1000 artifacts in Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog linked to alleged looting and trafficking figures – ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/more-than-1000-artifacts-in-metropolitan-museum-of-art-catalog-linked-to-alleged-looting-and-trafficking-figures/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |language=en-US |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103153127/https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/more-than-1000-artifacts-in-metropolitan-museum-of-art-catalog-linked-to-alleged-looting-and-trafficking-figures/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Choi |first=Christy |date=2023-10-25 |title=How an 11th-century monastery reclaimed artifacts from the US — and discovered a hoard of treasures in the process |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/nepal-itumbaha-monastery-treasures-repatriation-rubin-museum/index.html |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108062907/https://www.cnn.com/style/nepal-itumbaha-monastery-treasures-repatriation-rubin-museum/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Dallas Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liscia |first=Valentina Di |date=2021-03-09 |title=How a Tweet Led to the FBI's Return of a Looted Nepalese Sculpture |url=http://hyperallergic.com/627854/return-of-looted-nepal-statue-dallas-museum/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128130931/https://hyperallergic.com/627854/return-of-looted-nepal-statue-dallas-museum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Rubin Museum of Art|Rubin Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dafoe |first=Taylor |date=2023-08-02 |title=Activists Call the Rubin Museum's Funding of a Nepalese Institution a Bid to 'Divert Attention' From Stolen Artifacts in Its Own Collection |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/activists-protest-rubin-funded-itumbaha-museum-2344913 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108062907/https://news.artnet.com/art-world/activists-protest-rubin-funded-itumbaha-museum-2344913 |url-status=live }}</ref> and other museums, and turned up in auctions at [[Christie's]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-20 |title=Upcoming Christie's Sale Includes a Nepalese Sculpture Tied to Antiquity Looters |url=https://observer.com/2023/03/upcoming-christies-sale-includes-a-nepalese-sculpture-tied-to-antiquity-looters/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Observer |language=en-US |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108062908/https://observer.com/2023/03/upcoming-christies-sale-includes-a-nepalese-sculpture-tied-to-antiquity-looters/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bonhams]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chaves |first=Alexandra |date=2021-06-06 |title=Nepalese figures withdrawn from Bonhams auction after identified as looted art |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art/nepalese-figures-withdrawn-from-bonhams-auction-after-identified-as-looted-art-1.1235491 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> and other auction houses.