Negotiating future relations and renewed trade agreements has rekindled long standing grievances between Britain and its neighboring European counterparts regarding the unlawful possession of cultural artefacts.
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By stripping the Parthenon of at least half of its surviving sculptures in 1801, English nobleman and ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Thomas Bruce had sparked a storm of controversy on the legal ownership rights of cultural artifacts ? an issue which remains ongoing till this day.
Britain Poised to Lose Marbles over Brexit

Taken illegally during the Turkish invasion, the Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures crafted under the supervision of esteemed architect Phidias and his numerous assistants, as part of the temple of Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens.
Denying all accusations of theft, Thomas Bruce, an avid art and antique enthusiast, had shipped the sculptures back to Britain by sea in an effort to preserve and protect these historically significant artefacts from the negligence of the Ottoman Empire ? later claiming to have obtained an official (yet-to-be-seen) decree from the time period?s ruling government of Greece.

Currently showcased at the British Museum on Great Russell Street in London, the artefacts, according to gallery director Hartwig Fischer, represent the ?creative act? of offering patrons new context to engage with cultural heritage t...