Man repatriates 19 antiquities after reading Guardian article

Exclusive: John Gomperts returned ancient objects worth up to 80,000 he had inherited from his grandmother

An American man has returned 19 antiquities to the four countries they came from after reading reports in the Guardian about the repatriation of looted antiquities.

John Gomperts, who lives in Washington, realised that the ancient pieces worth up to 80,000 - including two 7th- and 8th-century Cypriot vases - that he had inherited from his grandmother could have come from illicit excavations because they have no collecting history.