- {0 l( A$ J7 ]" R1 P! o/ u2 SBritish Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts' 3 s+ A3 t. ~) y. |0 V % i* m0 \& B7 y u" D9 fThe British Museum has said it would welcome a joint investigation with Chinese researchers into controversial artefacts that were looted by British and French troops from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing 150 years ago. ' `9 p% m2 a) X8 W( T% |: q
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Two bronze animals heads taken from a fountain inthe Old Summer Palace were auctioned in Paris in defiance of objectionsfrom the Chinese government who had called for the sale to be cancelled