MADRID, December 5 (RIA Novosti) - Spanish police have discovered 1,800 items of gold stolen during an exhibition of ancient Latin American culture 10 years ago, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
Police said the jewelry and household items dating back to the Pre-Columbus era were discovered in a protected hiding place under a house in Santiago de Compostela, northwest Spain.
A Peruvian man, who organized the exhibition, is wanted by Spanish and Peruvian authorities for the theft, the spokesman said.
Currently, the treasures are being exhibited in Madrid's Museum of America and will later be sent back to Latin America, the spokesman said.
