Seven marble columns from the Old Summer Palace

A Norwegian museum will return seven marble columns, looted about 150 years ago from western Beijing's Imperial Yuanmingyuan Garden, or the Old Summer Palace. The deal was reached under a trilateral agreement made by the museum, Chinese tycoon Huang Nubo and Peking University. The columns will return to China in September and will be publicly exhibited at Peking University after the columns undergo necessary maintenance and restoration work.

The seven marble columns were once on display at the Kode Art Museum of Bergen, Norway. [Photos provided to China Daily]

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