Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini (L) gestures as he stands in front of the parts of a tomb of the hero of Poseidonia and Paestum recovered by the Italian Carabinieri in Rome November 26, 2015. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
ROME (Reuters) - Five frescoed stone slabs stolen from a tomb in the ancient city of Paestum and trafficked by a notorious artefact smuggler went on display in Italy on Thursday after a 10-year investigation.
Police were led to the pieces, all dating from around 400 BC, after an international trafficker known as "The Captain" died in a road accident, leaving thousands of photographs of archaeological finds in his car.
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