600 looted artefacts worth 65 mln dollars returned to Italy from U.S.

ROME, May 28 (Xinhua) -- About 600 looted artefacts and antiquities worth an estimated 60 million euros (65 million U.S. dollars) were returned to Italy from the United States, Italian police said on Tuesday.

All the artefacts had been stolen and brought to the United States at various stages in the past, and sold to galleries, museums and private collections across the country.