A judge in Sicily has concluded that antiquities bought by Maurice Tempelsman - the diamond trader who was Jackie O's boyfriend - in 1980 were looted from an archaeological dig in Sicily.
According to a report in the Times of London, Tempelsman paid about $1 million for two marble heads, three feet and three hands of statues made in 525 B.C. "The Americans should understand," said the judge in his ruling last week. "It's as if an Italian collector had in his hands important documents that belonged to George Washington, or Thomas Jefferson's manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence."The Times said that authorities are considering taking legal action to get the sculptures back.
- Leah Garchik