Kim Kardashian denies importing stolen Roman sculpture, spokesperson says it was purchased ‘using her name without authorisation’

Kim Kardashian has ended up on the centre of an unlawful artwork smuggling row after an historical Roman sculpture was imported in her identify to California. The US officers declare that the statue was stolen from Italy.

As per AFP, the court docket paperwork checklist the importer identify “Kim Kardashian dba Noel Roberts Trust in Woodland Hills, California.” An bill states, “for the sale of the defendant statue by Vervoordt to Noel Robert Trust, dated March 11, 2016.” The Noel Roberts Belief is linked to Kim Kardashian and her estranged husband Kanye West’s actual property purchases within the US, as per the report.

Kim has, nonetheless, denied buying the sculpture. A spokesperson for Kardashian instructed CNN, “We believe that it may have been purchased using her name without authorisation and because it was never received (and) she was unaware of the transaction. We encourage an investigation and hope that it gets returned to the rightful owners.”

Artwork vendor and inside designer Axel Vervoordt, named within the court docket papers, has labored with Kardashian and West on lots of their properties, as per CNN.

Known as ‘Fragment of Myron Samian Athena’, the statue is alleged to be from the early-to mid-Roman Empire. The report states that it was seized in Might 2016 “as part of a larger 5.5-ton (5,000 kg) shipment worth $745,000.” The suspicion below which it was seized was “protected cultural property from Italy.”