A fashion show in front of the Parthenon friezes in London scandalizes Athens. On the occasion of British Fashion Week, the British Museum rented its exhibition spaces to a designer while Greece is demanding the return of these ancient masterpieces.
London claims the sculptures were “legally acquired” in 1802 by British diplomat Lord Elgin, who sold them to the British museum. Greece maintains that they were the subject of “looting” while the country was under Ottoman rule.