Hobby Lobby heads fined for smuggling Iraqi artifacts as 'tile samples'

in weird •  8 years ago 

The family who owns a chain of more than 500 craft stores have been under investigation by the Department of Justice for illegally acquiring and importing ancient Babylonian cuneiform for an upcoming Bible museum. The family was forced to give up the artifacts and pay a multi-million-dollar fine.

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