SEKHEMKA - a Borough asset sold for £14million to fill a hole in the Tories budget
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by Jill Hope on 2 August, 2014
TWO MUSEUMS IN NORTHAMPTON have lost their accreditation status as a result of the Tory Council Leader David Macintosh’s decision to “sell the family silver”.
Macintosh sold the priceless 4,000 year old Sekhemka Egyptian statue to a private collector for £16m to “help fund an extension to the town’s museum”.
Read the BBC’s report here.
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