Dr. Angelika Hellweger | 9 April 2025
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With a figurine in the British Museum being linked to a smuggler, The National asked for Angelika Hellweger’s assessment of events.
The National’s article focuses on Ashraf Eldarir, who is facing up to 20 years in jail after admitting smuggling charges, and the practice of using fake provenance documents when selling artefacts. It states that the British Museum bought a figurine from convicted smuggler Mousa Khouli, which was said to have come from the collection of Eldarir’s grandfather.
Angelika said that she "would not be surprised if Eldarir and Khouli, who are both collectors with a criminal past" had been working together. She also assesses some of Eldarir’s comments.
The full article can be read here.
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