Instead of preserving and displaying them, the officials threw the statues in the trash. “For the last many months I have seen these sculptures lying in the garbage,” an employee working at National Museum revealed. Though the culture and archaeology minister was not available for comments, National Museum Director Mohammad Shah defended his department and said, “We have put these sculptures over there ourselves”. I cannot tell you how pitiful the condition of the rare objects inside the museum is,” said an official of the department requesting anonymity. “They are dumping each and every thing rather than preserving them,” he lamented, adding that museum officials should value the items but instead are hiding and throwing our relics in the trash.

Source: The Express Tribune November 17, 2017 04:41 UTC