$ \; d0 ^4 V4 M+ \ * p1 @3 ?% c, jBritish Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts' . R0 Y c4 T! R$ Y+ Q. b. _8 G& Z6 u/ n W# ~8 w
The British Museum has said it would welcome a joint investigation with Chinese researchers into controversial artefacts that were looted by British and French troops from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing 150 years ago. . m: G( f0 U. x1 m. T1 v
& Z f" I: K; ^$ ^4 a 0 q* n7 H/ E: pTwo bronze animals heads taken from a fountain inthe Old Summer Palace were auctioned in Paris in defiance of objectionsfrom the Chinese government who had called for the sale to be cancelled