The long and winding journey of a 2,000-year-old bust depicting the Roman General Drusus Germanicus has nearly come to an end.
The 50-pound marble piece — owned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria and looted from a bombed-out German museum during WWII — was purchased for $34.99 from a Goodwill in Austin, Texas in 2018.
The buyer, Laura Young, took the bust home and sent photos to prominent auction houses.
She soon found out the origins of the ancient sculpture, and she was informed the piece was unsellable as it had been taken by an American or Allied soldier (how it ended up at a Goodwill, no one knows).
Young then embarked on a yearslong process to get the bust back to Germany, She hired an international art lawyer and the piece will be sent back to Germany in 2023.
Until then, it will be displayed in the San Antonio Museum of Art.
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