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Following the provocative comments by British Museum director Hartwig Fischer ruling out the return of the Parthenon Marbles after the Greek government demanded open negotiations on the issue, Greece’s Culture and Sports Minister Myrsini Zorba has come back with a response.

The statements made by the director of the British Museum, Hartwig Fischer, who ruled out returning the Parthenon Sculptures (Elgin Marbles) to Greece in an interview to newspaper Ta Nea, has sparked criticism both in Greece and the UK.

The glass roof of the Duveen Gallery in London’s British Museum, the room where the Parthenon Sculptures are exhibited, is leaking water following heavy rainfall in the UK capital.