Metropolitan Museum of Art to return stone sculpture to Nepal

NEW YORK: The Consulate General of Nepal in New York and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Thursday, announced the return of a tenth century stone sculpture, Shiva in Himalayan Abode with Ascetics, to Nepal.

An agreement to this effect was signed by Bishnu Prasad Gautam, acting consul general, and Daniel H Weiss, President and CEO of the museum.