[1/4] A handout photo shows part of an archaeological collection seized by Italian authorities after being illegally showcased inside a meeting hall of an Italian bank's headquarters in Bari, Italy, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 25, 2022.
Carabinieri/Handout via REUTERSMILAN, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Italian authorities have seized a valuable archaeological collection that had been on display in a meeting hall in the headquarters of an Italian regional bank, police said in a statement on Friday.
The 103 ceramic artefacts, including vases, plates and jugs, date back to between the 5th century B.C.
Popolare di Bari, the biggest bank in Italy's disadvantaged south, was bailed out by peers in a government-backed rescue in 2019.
($1 = 0.9649 euros)Reporting by Federico Maccioni and Alvise Armellini, editing by Keith WeirOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.