# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXh1q72ET1z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64685323-cgtneurope-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8a8a84e72c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-24T21:01:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

For over 160 years, the "Forty Scenes of Yuanmingyuan"—exquisite silk paintings commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor—have been held in France after being looted from China’s Old Summer Palace in 1860.⁣
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With a new French bill finally aiming to remove legal barriers to restitution, is it time for these treasures to return home? This potential shift could mark a historic step toward righting the wrongs of the past.⁣
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For further viewing, why not watch CGTN Europe’s documentary unearthing the fascinating and colorful story behind one of the world’s longest running cultural property disputes? The Parthenon Marbles: A Great British Theft? explains the bitter argument which has bedevilled relations between Britain and Greece for more than two centuries and remains unresolved to this day.⁣
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Watch full documentary on CGTN Europe YouTube. ⁣
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#Yuanmingyuan #CulturalHeritage #ArtRestitution #HistoryRecovered #AGreatBritishTheft #ParthenonMarbles #Parthenon ⁣
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## Tags

parthenon, artrestitution, historyrecovered, yuanmingyuan, culturalheritage, agreatbritishtheft, parthenonmarbles

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