Beijing (AFP) - A Chinese court has ruled that artefacts recovered from a tomb cannot returned to their original owner's descendants because they belong to the state, media reported on Tuesday.
Two brothers from the central province of Henan took a local government relics bureau to court after it decided that 32 treasures -- including emerald bracelets and rings -- which were stolen from their grandfather's tomb could not be returned to them.
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