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Artifact taken from Montreal museum found in Edmonton; 2nd item still missing

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The head of a guard, from a bas-relief Persian artefact dating from the 5th century BC, is shown in a police handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Surete du Quebec

MONTREAL – Quebec police say an artifact dating from the fifth century BC has been found in Edmonton after being stolen in Montreal more than two years ago.

The fragment from a Persian bas-relief sculpture was recovered last month in an apartment.

It was taken from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in September 2011.

The object has an estimated value of $1.2 million.

Quebec provincial police held a news conference in Montreal today and said the artifact was found with help from the RCMP and the public.

It is one of two that were stolen from the museum at around the same time — just a month later the marble statuette of a man’s head from the first century BC was also pilfered.

A 33-year-old Edmonton man who was arrested is to appear in court in March.

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