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Police from around the
have worked together to find
of missing art. The
were from Interpol, Europol and many national police
. The World Customs Organization also helped with the
. The police officers found more than 19,000 items of artwork. These include an
Colombian gold mask that is over 600 years old. There was also a carved Roman lion, centuries-old
, and thousands of ancient coins. Many of the items the police recovered were stolen from
and archaeological sites. A lot of them were taken from countries at war. The thieves took cultural
while countries were in a mess because of fighting
wars or wars against other countries.