Are Italian carabinieri coming to cut out a piece of marble with their own hands in Herzele? And what do Geert and his parents risk?

Does the De Temmerman family risk having to appear before a Belgian, or even Italian, judge if it turns out that the piece of marble in the stairwell of their villa was stolen and really came from Pompeii? The Italians are known for immediately coming to collect ‘looted art’ themselves, if necessary with carabinieri and Curver storage boxes. “I didn’t think so,” says son Geert, who is asking for at least serious compensation.

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