London: A sculpture of Brahma and his consort Brahmani stolen from the UNESCO World Heritage Site Rani-ki-Vav at Patan in North Gujarat in November 2001 has been found in England.

Indian high commissioner Navtej Sarna is going to formally take possession of the sculpture from the Art Loss Register (ALR) in India House at London today.

The stolen artifact had resurfaced in London in 2015 in an advertisement by an art dealer. The sculpture was handed over to Art Loss Register after the owner realised that it was procured illicitly.

Recovery of this sculpture belonging to golden era of Gurjar Desh(Gujarat State at present) has become possible due to efforts of Dr. Kirit Mankodi, a retired archaeologist who has been working on recovering stolen Indian art for several years.

The artefact was examined and detected by a team of experts from Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found original and authentic.

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