Netherlands Also Returns Stolen Treasures to Sri Lanka

“Don’t forget, we have 300,000 colonial objects that are the property of the central state in the Netherlands alone,” Van den Bergh said, adding that there should be more scrutiny of privately-owned colonial objects as well, including at major auction houses.

A ceremonial handover of objects to the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta will take place at the Museum Volkenkunde Leiden on July 10.