Buddhist manuscripts smuggled out of Afganistan now in Norwegian
collection

The largest group of manuscripts in the Schøyen-collection is the
approximately 1400 pieces of Buddhist manuscripts that were smuggled
out of Afghanistan 5-6 years ago. The circumstances surrounding the
recovery of the manuscripts in Afghanistan and their transportation
out of Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as Schøyen's role before
acquiring the manuscripts in London, is not clear. However, Schøyen
has kindly made the manuscripts available to researchers, as well as
digitally available to the general public. Still, the conservation of



the manuscripts may be of some immediate concern.


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