It was believed to be looted from a museum in Iraq in 1991, and was illegally imported into the U.S. in 2007. In 2014, craft retail chain Hobby Lobby, which collects biblical artifacts, bought the item for $1.67 million and displayed it at the Washington Museum of the Bible. In 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice seized the artifact. /CFP
It was believed to be looted from a museum in Iraq in 1991, and was illegally imported into the U.S. in 2007. In 2014, craft retail chain Hobby Lobby, which collects biblical artifacts, bought the item for $1.67 million and displayed it at the Washington Museum of the Bible. In 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice seized the artifact. /CFP