A priceless 2000-year-old Aphrodite statue was seized by the police along with 13 other historical artifacts in Istanbul.
Istanbul anti-smuggling police units contacted two suspects who were trying to sell historical artifacts obtained from illegal excavations upon received intelligence.
Police detained the two suspects when they brought the artifacts for closer examination, the Hurriyet Daily reports.
The artifacts will be handed over to the Istanbul Archaeology Museum after they are examined.
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