FOX NEWS: Easter Island controversy: Islanders want British Museum to return ‘stolen friend’ statue

Easter Island controversy: Islanders want British Museum to return ‘stolen friend’ statue



In 1868 a giant Easter Island statue was dug up by the crew of a Royal Navy frigate and transported to England, where it was presented to Queen Victoria as a gift. The monarch gave the statue, or moai, to the British Museum in London, where it remains to this day. Now the Easter Islanders want it back.