BRITAIN-LONDON-BRITISH MUSEUM-THEFT SCANDAL

(230908) -- LONDON, Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 7, 2023 shows details of a metope that forms part of the Parthenon Marbles, a collection of stone objects, inscriptions and sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, in the British Museum in London, Britain. As the British Museum struggles to pick up the pieces amid the festering theft scandal, there have been renewed calls for the institution to return items it took from other countries. TO GO WITH "Roundup: British Museum facing renewed calls to return cultural relics" (Xinhua/Li Ying)