A total of 361 Chinese relics and artifacts were carefully packed and prepared for their return to China by the U.S. government at the relics returning ceremony in Indiana, U.S., on Thursday. /VCG Photo
The items, including stoneware, jade objects, bronze weapons and pottery ranging from 10,000 BC to 1911 AD, were seized by the FBI in Indiana when authorities raided the home of a 91-year-old missionary named Donald Miller in 2014. /VCG Photo
Twenty objects were shown to the media during the ceremony, including pottery animals with a livestock shed from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) and a green glaze pottery couch from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). /VCG Photo
It marks the largest repatriation of relics from the United States since 2009, when the U.S. and China signed the first agreement on the preservation of cultural heritage. /VCG Photo
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