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2,000 year-old Roman statue damaged at British Museum corporate event
The Townley Venus, one of the British Museum’s most important Roman sculptures, was damaged when its thumb was knocked off as catering staff were setting up for a corporate event amongst Ancient Greek and Roman statues last December. Although the British Museum’s trustees were informed about the damage, the news was not released to the press or…
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