Sotheby withdraws sacred armour due to protests by Sikhs!

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London: Sotheby’s auction house on Monday, withdrew from its auction, a body armour after protests from Sikh groups.

The 18th century armour, estimated at 10,000-12,000 pounds, became controversial after some Sikh cultural experts claimed it might have belonged to the 10th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh.

The London auctioneers later clarified that it did not belong to Guru Gobind Singh; they said their catalogue only pointed to a stylistic similarity to a full set of armour in possession of the Patiala royal family which the family attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.

Sotheby’s, nevertheless, said it was withdrawing the item from the April 9 auction at the request of the seller, who wanted it acquired by a member of the Sikh community.

"Sotheby’s has been asked by the consignor to arrange the acquisition of the lot by a suitable member of the Sikh community," Sotheby’s spokesman Simon Warren said in a statement.

The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the highest temporal body for Sikhs in the country, had earlier threatened to sue the auction house for using the Guru’s name. SGPC general secretary Sukhdev Singh Bhor said the auction house had tried to play with the sentiments of the Sikh community.

Source: Times of India

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