UK Churches Call On American Museums To Return Artwork

Two English churches are demanding the return of three priceless tomb brasses stolen from the churches’ flagstone floors in the 19th century. The brasses were discovered in the vaults of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. “The churches remain scarred by the holes left in the floor where they were prised out” and officials want them restored. But a spokesman for the churches says the museums have denied the request.