A priceless 400-year-old manuscript depicting tantric energy centres of the human body was stolen from the Patan Museum on Tuesday afternoon. One of the main exhibits, it was housed in a special showcase (see pic). The item is originally from Bhaktapur, and had been returned to Nepal by a museum in Vienna. This first-ever art robbery from Nepal's best museum in broad daylight has opened up questions about the safety of other priceless religious objects housed there. Interpol has been notified.Chakra stolen
Domestic Brief | From Issue #141 (April 18-24, 2003)
A priceless 400-year-old manuscript depicting tantric energy centres of the human body was stolen from the Patan Museum on Tuesday afternoon. One of the main exhibits, it was housed in a special showcase (see pic). The item is originally from Bhaktapur, and had been returned to Nepal by a museum in Vienna. This first-ever art robbery from Nepal's best museum in broad daylight has opened up questions about the safety of other priceless religious objects housed there. Interpol has been notified.