The Nepali Embassy in Washington DC has sent back 24 artefacts to the Department of Archaeology.

The embassy said the artefacts were received from a US citizen Susan Bradford on April 19 in Maui, Hawaii.

These artefacts were once part of a private collection of the US citizen, who voluntarily reached out to the embassy to return them to Nepal.

Most of these artefacts date back to the 17th and 18th centuries, while few date back to the 13th century. Bradford, herself sponsored the shipping of these artefacts to Nepal, the embassy said.

The embassy expressed gratitude to Bradford for returning these precious art pieces to the government.

As part of its efforts to recover and repatriate lost and stolen art heritages of Nepal, the embassy has been actively engaged with relevant agencies of the government of Nepal and the United States, art researchers, heritage recovery campaigners, media and private individuals, the embassy said.

Together with these 24 pieces of artefacts, the embassy has so far been able to send altogether 63 pieces of artefacts to Nepal within a year.