Italian artifacts in the Getty Museum

When The Los Angeles Times published an article about a trial process against the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, I was happy with a decision the museum made. They agreed to return forty cultural objects to Italy in august 2007. Italy sued the museum because its detectives discovered that Marion True, the Getty's former antiquities curator, bought some illegally excavated Italian artifacts. The criminal case affected the museum's reputation negatively and the Getty's officials were able to bring back the museum's good name only after they negotiated the conditions of returning back to Italy forty of the most outstanding artifacts. I think every museum which owns artifacts with the questionable ownership history should consider returning them to countries of origin. The Getty's case serves as a good example for such museums.