“We believe that there is great value in presenting objects from across the world, alongside the stories of other cultures at the British Museum,” the spokesperson said. “Hoa Hakananai’a is free to view in our Wellcome Trust Gallery and is among the most popular and most photographed exhibits with our 6 million visitors each year.”The British Museum, unsurprisingly, is refusing to return a Moai that they stole from the Rapa Nui on Easter Island.
I remember being surprised that the Jackie Chan movie Drunken Master II portrayed the agents of the British Museum (or one like it) as evil thieves. Not that I didn't think that they were, but it's not a thing I had even thought about back then. The makers of that movie were ahead of their time.