The National Museum in Monrovia is reported to have lost over 5,800 pieces of arts and artifacts to looters during the Liberian civil war.
Disclosing the information to the Liberia News Agency in an interview Saturday, the Director of the Museum, Mr. Albert S. Markeh, claimed most of the stolen materials were smuggled to neighboring countries, while some have surfaced in the African-American and Masonic Museums in the United States.
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