Stolen 1778 bust of Ben Franklin, worth $3 million, in bag on bus

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Stolen 1778 bust of Ben Franklin, worth $3 million, in bag on bus

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Ben Franklin is back home, a little worse for the wear after a trip on a bus. A bust valued at $3 million by its owner of the famous founding father was returned to the Philadelphia region after authorities arrested a former cleaning woman who they said was carrying the stolen sculpture in a bag on a bus in Maryland. The bust's owner, George D'Angelo, was relieved to hear authorities had recovered his family's heirloom, a 1778 plaster of Paris creation by French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon, which was stolen from his home in August. ...

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