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7th May 2022
01:43pm BST

Via San Antonio Museum of Art[/caption]
“I’ve found a lot of interesting things at Goodwill in the past,” Young said, noting she once found a Chinese painting worth $63,000.
Sotheby’s consultant Jörg Deterling was able to identify the bus, placing its origin in Ancient Rome. Specifically, the art piece belonged to King Ludwig I of Bavaria, verified by the Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens, and Lakes.
It's believed that the bust portrays Pompey the Great, who Julius Caesar killed during a civil war.
The bust is currently on display at the San Antonio Museum of Art and will return to Germany after May 21, 2023.
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“We are very pleased that a piece of Bavarian history that we thought was lost has reappeared and will soon be able to return to its rightful location,” said Bernd Schreiber, president of the Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens, and Lakes, in a statement.
While it's not immediately clear how a roman statue ended up in a charity shop across the world, the last known location was Bavaria, Germany, during the Second World War. The bust was on display at the Pompejanum, a replica of a Roman villa, when allied forces bombed the location in January 1944. Following the war's end, the US military occupied the area, and it's believed a soldier took the bust back to Texas.
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