These are among the 150 antiquities that will be returned to India from the United States in the next 3–6 months, he added, adding that, in addition to the 15 pieces released by the Met, the others are those taken by US authorities and stored in the office of the New York Attorney General.
"We are making efforts to have our team go there, verify them, and bring them back," Mohan said.
On March 30, the Met issued a statement saying it would "transfer 15 sculptures for return to the government of India after having learned that the works were illegally removed from India".
It said, "All of the works were sold at one point by Subhash Kapoor, a dealer currently serving a prison sentence in India.
The report highlighted 10 of the 15 items included in the search warrant. The Celestial Dancer, a 1st-century BCE Yakshi terracotta from West Bengal; a bronze sculpture of God Revanta Returning from the Hunt (10th century CE); and a 15th-century Parikara (Backplate) are among the most important.
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