Moscow Times - 03.18.2003
Attempt To Sell 16th Century Torah Stopped In MoscowMOSCOW - (Interfax) An attempt to sell a 16th century Torah written on ox skins has been stopped in Moscow.
The Russian Interior Ministry's Anti-Organized Crime Department told Interfax on Tuesday that two natives of Tajikistan tried to sell this rare artifact for $450,000. The item was presumably taken from one of the CIS countries unlawfully. Experts estimate the rarity's cost at around $600,000. The traders were arrested and the Torah was confiscated.
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