The Queen donated the two statues to the British Museum. There have long been calls to return the Hoa Hakananai'a, or "Stolen Friend", to Rapa Nui. The renewed campaign by Chilean social media ...

The British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by a social media campaign by Chilean activists. Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui in the local ...

Critics swarmed the Instagram account of the British Museum over the weekend, calling for the return of Hoa Hakananai’a, a statue from Easter Island. The campaign led the institution to censor ...

The British Museum is being targeted by Chilean campaigners who are demanding the return of a statue taken from Easter Island more than 150 years ago. Campaigners began 'spamming' the museum's ...

Elsewhere in May, Greece said it had recovered hundreds of looted artefacts, including a 2nd Century bronze statue of Alexander the Great. The British Museum was established by an Act of ...

The British Museum has been subject to a campaign by social media users in Chile demanding the return of a stone monument taken from Easter Island. The museum has two moai statues which were taken ...

The British Museum’s social media accounts have been inundated with comments telling it to return a moai statue to Easter Island. The museum currently displays two moai, taken from the Chilean ...