Removing Parthenon sculptures was like Nazis taking Arc de Triomphe

Popular British actor and writer Stephen Fry has compared Lord Elgin’s removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Greece to Nazi Germany stealing the Arc de Triomphe during the occupation of France.

Fry said it would be “classy” if the British Museum were to return the treasures to their original home. “Wouldn’t Britain look classy for doing that?” he said.

“Wouldn’t that be a fantastic feather in our cap? Because they mean so much more to Athens than perhaps we understand.”