Saint Ludmila statue, stolen 30 years ago, is back in Czechia

10/09/2025 3 min
Saint Ludmila statue, stolen 30 years ago, is back in Czechia

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Episode Synopsis

After borders opened in the early 1990s, churches in remote parts of Czechia became frequent targets of art-theft. Valuable statues and paintings were stolen, often ending up with resellers or in foreign auction houses. Now, decades later, some of these treasures are making their way back, among them the long-lost Baroque statue of Saint Ludmila, which was handed over to the authorities in Prague last week.

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