An investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists calls into question the origin of the museum's antiquities holdings. “If the Met is letting all of these things fall through the cracks, what hope do we have for the rest of the art market?”The ICIJ report investigated the origins of the Met’s antiquities collection, as well as the acquisition practices that allowed it to build up its holdings even after many nations introduced laws preventing the export of its historic cultural artifacts. The Met has removed information from its online collection archives noting that the work once “ornamented a north Indian Hindu temple” in present-day Uttar Pradesh