Qu Shengrui, the Director of Social Management of Culture Relics for China, makes remarks at...

Qu Shengrui, the Director of Social Management of Culture Relics for China, makes remarks at a press confrence where the United States Customs Service returned a rare 10th century marble tomb sculpture to China on May 23, 2001 in New York. The sculpture was stolen from the tomb of Wang Chuzi in northern China in 1994. U.S. Customs seized the four-foot, 480 pound artifact in March 2000, prior to its being set for auction at Christie\'s, who cooperated fully with the investigation. Assistant Commissioner John Varrone (R) of the Customs Service looks on. A translator (L) stands behind the sculpture.