6 W( r! O5 e5 f& s/ c9 J4 `British Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts'- |6 N7 H1 h5 A
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The British Museum has said it would welcome a joint investigation with Chinese researchers into controversial artefacts that were looted by British and French troops from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing 150 years ago. ; ]4 k# W/ k6 j q5 ]% ~$ r# m. h , ]: H$ W0 U) ~4 m- J( h9 N2 A9 g2 N# W- F! E. r
Two bronze animals heads taken from a fountain inthe Old Summer Palace were auctioned in Paris in defiance of objectionsfrom the Chinese government who had called for the sale to be cancelled