UPDATE 1-European court backs Italy in Greek statue dispute with Getty Museum

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled in favour of Italy's long-standing demand that the Getty Villa Museum in the United States return an ancient Greek statue which Rome claims was smuggled out of the country decades ago. It was made by Greek sculptor Lysippos between 300 and 100 BC and discovered in 1964 by a fisherman in the Adriatic Sea, off the central Italian town of Pedaso. In its decision, the ECHR said a 2019 confiscation order issued by Italy's highest court, aimed at recovering the piece, was reasonable and "proportionate to the aim of ensuring the return of an object that was part of Italy's cultural heritage".