Name: Saint Ludmila statue, stolen 30 years ago, is back in Czechia
Uploaded: 2025-09-12T11:29:52+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: After borders opened in the early 1990s, churches in remote parts of Czechia became frequent targets of art-theft. Valuable statues and paintings were stolen, often ending up with resellers or in foreign auction houses. Now, decades later, some of these treasures are making their way back, among them the long-lost Baroque statue of Saint Ludmila,

Photo: Michal Kamaryt, ČTK

After borders opened in the early 1990s, churches in remote parts of Czechia became frequent targets of art-theft. Valuable statues and paintings were stolen, often ending up with resellers or in foreign auction houses. Now, decades later, some of these treasures are making their way back, among them the long-lost Baroque statue of Saint Ludmila, which was handed over to the authorities in Prague last week.

The wooden statue of Saint Ludmila was stolen in 1994 from the Chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the village of Schořov near Kutná Hora.

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Author: Ruth Fraňková