eBay, Organized Crime, and Evangelical Christians: The Ethical Minefield of Studying Ancient Civilizations

The artifacts were smuggled into the United States beginning in 2010, near the end of the Iraq War—falsely labeled as tile samples, and eventually intercepted by Customs and Border Protection. Hobby Lobby agreed to surrender them last year, forfeiting an additional $3 million, after a civil complaint was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Source: vice.com