If George Clooney thought the battle over art's rightful ownership — the subject of his World War II movie "The Monuments Men" — was in the past, he knows better now.
The actor-director has touched a nerve in Britain by suggesting the 2,500-year-old Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece. At a press conference Tuesday, Clooney called for "an open discussion" on the fate of the ancient friezes, which were taken by British diplomat Lord Elgin 200 years ago.
Both the Vatican and the J. Paul Getty Museum had sent parts back, Clooney said, raising the question "of whether or not one piece of art should be, as best as possible, put back together."
"There are certain pieces that you look at and think, that actually is probably the right thing to do," Clooney said.
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