By order of Culture Minister George Voulgarakis, an extrajudicial protest has been drafted and sent to Christie's Auction House aimed at the withdrawal from the auction planned in London for January 24-25, "of the cultural goods appearing to belong to the collection of the king of the Greeks, George 1st", as announced by the culture ministry on Monday.

Voulgarakis also gave the extrajudicial protest to the ambassador of the United Kingdom in Greece.

The ministry announcement said that the extrajudicial protest notes that "from the list of the auction and from the investigation which is being conducted, it arises that the auctioned goods constitute part of the history of the Modern Greek State and of our cultural heritage, resulting in the issue being raised of the illegal export of cultural goods from Greece." 

Source: Athens News Agency

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