Oscar Wilde's ring has been recovered by Dutchman Arthur Brand, dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World," 17 years after it was stolen from Britain's Oxford University. /VCG Photo

The belt-buckle-shaped ring was given as a gift by Oscar Wilde and a friend named Reginald Harding to William Ward in 1876 when they were all studying at Oxford University. /VCG Photo

The ring, with an inscription in Greek that says "Gift of love, to one who wishes love", was valued at roughly 35,000 pounds when it went missing. Its value has since increased to 70,000 U.S. dollars. /VCG Photo

Brand, who previously recovered a stolen Picasso and Visigoth carvings, used his underworld connections to rediscover the ring, which is set to make its return to Magdalen College in a formal ceremony on December 4. /VCG Photo