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Recovery of the country six years before the coffin gem

The correspondents / Liyun Hong

Such a bulky stone coffin treasures, Why living overseas, between the public security organs and the looters, they experienced a kind of contest, six years living overseas cultural relics, how safe homecoming?

Responsible for the work of the Public Security Bureau to recover the stone coffin track down relics battalion Xi'an one for readers to solve the riddle.

Backgrounder: June 17, 2010, in the ancient capital of Xi'an, known for numerous known baby Shaanxi History Museum ushered in the return of a foreign national treasure, the loss of the United States for up to six years of precious relics - Consort Wu Tang Wu Huifei Jing Ling stolen stone coffin, officially handed over to the public security organs by Shaanxi Provincial History Museum. Stone coffin, stone outer coffin, the remains will be placed in the ancient wooden coffin, and then put the stone coffin in the coffin, mainly to avoid falling wood rot, but also a status symbol. This is the police successfully recovered from outside the weight and volume of the largest and highest-level cultural relics, a few more pieces of the Treasures of the Tang Dynasty, which is China's first successful recourse through legal channels back to the national level cultural relics.

Responsible for the work of the Public Security Bureau to recover the stone coffin track down relics battalion Xi'an Han Qinglong said with emotion: "From the artifacts stolen '105 large excavation, reselling, smuggling relics case' cracked,herve leger sale, to ascertain the whereabouts of the country gem coffin, indeed experience a lot of twists and turns. "

A confidential document

January 5, 2006, a report by the central leadership instruction on Shaanxi Cultural Relics Crime confidential documents forwarded to the Xi'an Public Security Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Files listed in the Heritage Xi'an several rampant crime antiquities dealers name, which, Yang Bin, one of them. The document also mentioned that Yang Bin will steal a stone coffin to $ 1,000,000 reselling smuggled to the outside.

Immediately, Xi'an police set up a code-named "105," the task force, the task force set up in Xi'an Public Security Bureau of Criminal Investigation Brigade track down artifacts, which is currently the only one institution in the fight against crime heritage professionals.

At the same time launched a large number of visits to the investigation, the police task force were dispatched in secret graves waiting.

February 13, 2006 morning, the Tang Dynasty tombs in the vicinity of an ordinary large trillion Chang'an District Township Guo Village, the ad hoc police will Yongan, Liu Xiaohong, six people were arrested man is being Tomb.

When Wing after six people were arrested, the police tried to start the night.

Meanwhile, when the police seized a large number of home Wing items: more than 10 full size porcelain,http://www.zhijiabbs.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=15808, pottery, stone and other artifacts of the carton. The inventory, the size of hundreds of pieces of cultural relics, as well as a red bag and a black tank explosion.

Red bag filled with a homemade shotgun and two rounds of ammunition, and stores the stolen coffin pictures headstone hard drive, and a pair of tomb bracelet. Set of stolen painted stone coffin, mentioned in the document is confidential stone coffin.

"These things are not me, is Yang Bin's ......" Tomb face a lot of evidence, when Yang Bin Wing confessed. Upon further review, the original, this gang of thieves led by the king what to Yang Bin Tomb, smuggling,http://www.yuleyouxi.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=55682, trade in cultural objects of criminal gangs, and Guohua Jiang Yang Bin and other accomplices at large.

Subsequently, the joint task force police immediately instructed to Yang Bin seized criminal gang led by hiding in an underground cultural relics repair factory in Xi'an.

The underground black factory located in Xi'an High-tech Zone of South kiln village. Yang Bin, who rented a building in this whole unit, from the first floor to the fourth floor, they put on the first floor as the chamber, where the relics on the excavation to repair, and then reselling.

July 14, 2006, Xi'an police identified Yang Bin trail in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, immediately rushed to his arrest. "I wanted to escape exit from Shenzhen via Hong Kong, but after the accident the body out of money ......" being escorted back to Xi'an road, Yang Bin said dejectedly et al.

One-stop crime

"Yang Bin, before the 1990s was a regular photographer Xi'an Film Studio." By chance he met smuggling antiquities dealers, was put Tomb, reselling heritage road.

One night in March 2004, for the first time into the burial chamber of Yang Bin is excited.

A painted stone coffin tomb chamber, made him realize that this is a "big baby", mural inside is worth a lot of money. Yang Bin kept in the hands of digital camera shutter is pressed, he put these "baby" pictures, get the south, first find a good buyer. He will be the presence of these precious photos computer hard drive, but he did not expect that these pictures eventually became their "evidence", but also for archaeological experts King Mausoleum stone coffin was provided.

Confirmed by the experts, the big mega township located in Xi'an Chang'an Pang left the village on the west side of this stone coffin is the owner of the Tang emperor Li Longji Chong Fei Wu Huifei. Wu Huifei died and was the posthumous title of Consort Wu, Jing Ling called her tomb.

Wu Huifei is Longji Aifei, Yang's mother,http://bbs.hx600.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=268256, Empress Wu's grandniece. Emperor Li Longji give No. fei, his son Shou Li Mao once married to Princess Yang Yuhuan.

Police identified the relics organized criminal gangs, clear division of labor, personnel complex, extensive activity area, is a collection of relics excavation, resale, repair, trafficking, smuggling train operations of large criminal gang suspects for up to 20 people.

The gang long in Xi'an, Xianyang and other places on the excavation of ancient tombs were crazy. June 2004-May 2005 period, Liu Xiaohong Yang Bin mustered Dong hearts, more than 20 people, is located near the village of Xi'an Chang'an stay Pang Tang Consort Wu Jing Ling crazy excavation, the artifacts within the basic excavation of a tomb empty.

"Tomb of crime gangs has six points, each consuming a night, the 31 stone coffin in the tomb decomposition pack hanging to the ground and stole. Every Tomb, there are 20 people involved, their duties and act together Stone coffin came out, was immediately transferred to a nearby factory in the eastern suburbs, a steel mold, where the packing, and then sent to Guangzhou. "Han Qinglong told reporters.

Eventually, the artifacts smuggled out, resulting in the loss of precious cultural relics involved overseas.

It is reported that the stone coffin was eventually to $ 1,000,000 stealing and selling abroad. The Tomb of the gang leader was arrested after Yang Bin, afraid stone coffin case aggravate the crime, refused to explain the whereabouts of artifacts, created major obstacles to pursue the work.

July and August 2007, the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court sentenced the defendant Yang Bin, Liu Xiaohong excavation of ancient tombs have committed the crime and illegal storage of firearms, explosives crimes, were sentenced to death, life imprisonment; and the defendant Dong hearts, When Wing, Zhao Zhongyi, et al, have committed the crime of robbing tombs, were sentenced to prison.

Recourse long road

After the stone coffin of identity theft detection, the task force has not eased the day looking for work stone coffin.

They by Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department, to provide information to the Ministry of Public stone coffin evidence and the International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol hopes to help Chinese police find relevant clues. The panel also keen to protect the domestic and international civil society organizations to send Chinese heritage stone coffin picture, please note that they found the stone coffin information on the international cultural market.

July 2007, the task force received information,lancel pas cher, Yang Bin has been reselling stolen stone coffin to the United States via Hong Kong, in the hands of an American antique dealer.

November 29, 2009,http://bbs.lafeelphoto.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=47763, Shaanxi, led police on behalf of Lee Han Qinglong, Han Yulin and interpreters such as Hong Kong and the United States together to antique dealer representative Mike negotiations.

In a hotel in Hong Kong within, the two sides began the long stone coffin restitution negotiations.

Sitting on both sides of the negotiating table, Xi'an police and overseas suppliers is difficult to negotiate cultural, national interests and commercial interests are hard to balance.

"Negotiations,woolrich outlet, the United States is willing to return the stone coffin, but put the stone coffin is its high available, asked for some financial compensation, while the artifacts return to produce some of the costs, such as transportation, packaging costs should be borne by the Chinese and other conditions attached." Xi'an Public Security Bureau of Cultural Relics track down battalion Hanqing Long told reporters.

The task force believes that the signing of the Convention between the United States and China have heritage, which provides recourse for a period of 70 years, according to the convention,http://bbs.uunews.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=9678, China made clear on the requirements of the United States to be rejected, and reiterated that the stone coffin stolen relics belong to exit nature, the other party must be unconditionally returned to China.

"Stolen sell stone coffin already Interpol record, after the soldiers, the first negotiations, if he insists refused to return the stone coffin, China will launch a formal recourse procedures, when the other party will be both life and wealth." Hanqing Long Memories Road.

At the same time, the task force by assisting Mike,chaussures louboutin hommes, collect relevant evidence material stone coffin in a foreign country, including the status, storage location, holders etc., to start actively preparing international recourse procedures.

Heritage "home"

After the Hong Kong negotiations involved in facilitating the return of cultural stone coffin as soon as possible, the police many times with Michael by phone, e-mail communication and negotiation, and invited to accompany Mike insider together Xi'an conducted a second round of negotiations.

December 29 the same year, Xi'an Public Security Bureau of Criminal Investigation Bureau and the Shaanxi History Museum consisting of recovered artifacts involved in the negotiating team, rushed to Hong Kong, in conjunction with the US Attorney Mike antique dealers,http://www.gsfsjlb.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=42473, and further negotiations involving stone coffin cultural attribution.

In early 2010, the police task force led by Mike, who to a large trillion Chang'an District Township Village Consort Wu Pang left the tomb (Jing Ling) on-site field trips, and describes the mausoleum masters "Wu Huifei" historical background and position in the Tang Dynasty.

Stolen tomb scene, so Mike, who was very shocked and sorry for them on the spot, said: This stone coffin in the United States it is only an ancient art, but it carries some historical and cultural background in China is of great significance, back to the US They will help to bring about as soon as possible after the stone coffin was returned to China.

March 4, 2010, by the ocean Han Qinglong receive an e-mail sent to: American antique dealer agreed to the unconditional return of Chinese stone coffin.

"It is because of solid detective work accumulated a lot of detailed information and evidence to recover artifacts of the road before the police go firmer." Han Qinglong heartfelt emotion.

March 7, 2010,http://amoo.comoj.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=100497, in the United States Virginia stone coffin shipping containers on board. Hong Kong. Around April 17, stone coffin arrived in Guangzhou

April 30, in Xi'an, Shaanxi Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Customs and vigorous assistance Xi'an stone coffin arrived safely.

June 17,chaussures louboutin hommes,http://bbs.e8qu.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=90582, the public security organs will stone coffin of Tang Dynasty relics formally handed over the cultural relics department, the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Department designated collection in the Shaanxi History Museum.

Lost overseas for six years of precious relics - Consort Wu Jing Ling stolen stone coffin, and finally retrieve their full property.

Experts believe that the success of the suspects from the United States to recover the stone coffin, the police recovered relics lost overseas involved a successful example.

The State Bureau of Cultural Relics Shan Jixiang also admitted that the current cultural reflux There are three main forms: repurchase, repay and donations. For the current due to theft, excavation, artifacts smuggled out of China, mainly in accordance with international conventions, through legal and diplomatic channels to reclaim.

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