Mary Slusser stole a great many sacred objects from #Nepal, often 'cleaning' them up with Tide detergent powder. Though she joins a hoary line of westerners saving a country's heritage from itself, her credentials as a real scholar make it all the more shocking.
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Mary Slusser’s secret loot of Nepal’s sacred art and heritage
A US scholar made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage – while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States