Artefak-artefak Theyang mainutama anddan the most precious partyang ofpaling thetinggi treasurenilainya berasal dari bilik makam seorang putri Lidia. Artefak-artefak tersebut didapatkan melalui ekskavasi liar yang dilakukan oleh tiga orang pemburu harta asal desa Güre yang berada di dalam wilayah Provinsiprovinsi Uşak. Situs bilik makam tersebut memang tidak jauh letaknya dari desa Güre, yakni di lingkunganarea yang disebut Toptepe. Sesudah berhari-hari melakukan penggalianmenggali dan gagal membobol tembok penutup pintu makam yang terbuat dari batu pualam, mereka akhirnya meledakkan sotoh makam dengan [[dinamit]] pada malam hari tanggal 6 Juni 1966, dan menjadi orang-orang pertama yang takjub melihat jenazah bangsawati Lidia yangbeserta dikebumikan bersamasegala harta kekayaannyakekayaan yang dikebumikan bersamanya 2600 tahun silam. Harta jarahan dari tumulus ini diperkaya lagi dengan berbagai temuan yang dijarah oleh orang-orang yang sama dari beberapa [[tumulus]] lain di lingkunganarea yang sama antara tahun 1966 samapisampai 1967. Benda-benda bersejarah tersebut kemudian diselundupkan keluar dari Turki melalui [[İzmir]] dan [[Amsterdam]] untuk selanjutnya dibeli oleh [[Museum Seni Metropolitan|Museum Seni Rupa Metropolitan]] antara tahun 1967 sampai 1968, dengan melunasi faktur senilai $1,2 juta dolar Amerika Serikat untuk 200 artefak dari koleksi tersebut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tayproject.org/Haber.fm$Retrieve?ID=1267&html=haber_detail_tu.html&layout=web|title=Uşak-New York|last=|first=|date=|website=tayproject.org|publisher=TAY Project|language=Turkish|author=|accessdate=01 April 2001}}</ref><!--
== Sengketa hukum ==
Pemerintah Turki silih berganti terus-menerus mengupayakan pemulangan koleksi artefak ini kepada negarake Turkinegaranya. Upaya tersebut mulai menemukan titik terang sesudahketika pemerintah Turki menerima informasi dari seorang wartawan bernama [[Özgen Acar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/courier/2001_04/uk/doss27.htm |title=We have to change the buyer's attitude |author=Michel Bessières |publisher=[[UNESCO]] Courrier |accessdate=01 April 2001 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010723161923/http://www.unesco.org/courier/2001_04/uk/doss27.htm |archivedate=23 Juli 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Özgen PadaAcar tahunpertama 1984, Özgen Acarkali mendapati beberapa artefakbarang tersebutdari koleksi Harta Karun di dalam sebuah [[Katalog koleksi|katalog]] Museum Seni Rupa Metropolitan pada andtahun had1984. informedIa Turkey'slalu [[Culturemenyampaikan andinformasi Tourismseputar Ministryasal-muasal ofbarang-barang Turkey|Ministryitu ofkepada Culture]][[Kementerian ofKebudayaan theirdan clearPariwisata provenance,Turki|Kementerian whileKebudayaan heTurki]], alsosembari wrotemenulis severalpula articlesbeberapa andartikel pursueddan themendesak bureaucraticpemerintah channelsTurki withinmelalui Turkeyberbagai withjalur-jalur insistencebirokrasi throughoutsupaya themengambil affair.tindakan Hesehubungan acteddengan asurusan atersebut. voluntaryIa envoysecara ofsukarela themenjadi Ministryduta withinKementerian theKebudayaan frameTurki ofdalam therangka judicialpengajuan casegugatan launchedhukum inke pengadilan [[Kota New York City]] inpada tahun 1987 andmaupun broughtpenuntasannya topada conclusion intahun 1993,.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herrick.com/Upload/Publication/Articles/ArticleHF_0208.pdf|title=The Art Theft Experts|author=Thomas Adcock|publisher=[[New York Law Journal]]|accessdate=2006-02-24 Februari 2006 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031010110/http://www.herrick.com/Upload/Publication/Articles/ArticleHF_0208.pdf|archivedate=2006-10-31 Oktober 2006}}</ref> atPada thewaktu sameyang timesama asia heditetapkan was namedsebagai [[consultantkonsultan]] indalam therangka largerkeikutsertaan frameworkTurki ofdi thedalam Turkey'sikhtiar participationperlindungan inwarisan thesejarah, budaya, workdan carriedagama outyang bydilaksanakan oleh [[UNIDROIT]]. regardingDi the protection of historicTurki, cultural and religious heritage.Özgen Acar'snamejuga isdikenal alsosebagai synonymousorang inyang Turkeyberjasa formemboyong thepulang retrievalkoleksi ofartefak anotherlain setyang ofdinamakan smuggled"Harta archaeological goods, termed "Elmalı Treasure", insesuai referencedengan tonama theirtempat site of originpenemuannya, theyaitu town ofkota [[Elmalı]] inyang southwesternterletak Turkeydi kawasan barat daya Turki, andyang involvingmencakup kepingan-kepingan thisuang timelogam [[LydiaLidia]]ncoinsdan anduang extremelylogam rarepecahan [[AncientDrakhma drachmakuno|decadrachmssepuluh dirham]] datingyang fromsangat thelangka perioddan ofdiperkirakan theberasal dari zaman [[Delianliga LeagueDelos]], withsesudah thememenangkan gugatan hukum melawan [[Boston Museum ofSeni FineRupa ArtsMurni Boston]] as his opposite party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum-security.org/reports/003199.html#8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823041626/http://museum-security.org/reports/003199.html#8|url-status=dead|archive-date=2000-08-23 Agustus 2000|title=Elmalı treasure|publisher=Museum Security}}</ref>
==Kasus Museum Uşak ==
TheKebutuhan clearnyata needakan for asebuah museum worthyyang oflayak thedijadikan treasuretempat waspenyimpanan beingHarta voicedKarun evermulai sincedigaungkan thesejak artifactskoleksi hadartefak returnedini todiboyong Turkeypulang ke Turki.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/1491.cfm | title = Croesus: The poverty of treasure|author=Özgen Acar|author-link=Özgen Acar|publisher=[[Cumhuriyet]]| accessdate=2003-07-21}}</ref><!-- With the seizure by the authorities of ten other illegally excavated artifacts in 1998, further archaeological discoveries and the known presence of eight gold pieces that had appeared in 2000 during an exhibition in a [[Paris]] private gallery for which attempts for retrieval were yet to be made, a handsome collection of base consisting of a total of 375 pieces was already accumulated. But the small museum in [[Uşak]] where the collection was placed, more focused on storage of [[Ushak carpet]]s and operating under conditions of budgetary and staff restraints,<ref>The number of experts working in Turkish museums halved from 1,500 to 750 in the last ten years. {{cite web|url=http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=48792|title=Croesus: Ten people charged in Croesus theft case|publisher=[[Turkish Daily News]]|accessdate=2003-07-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717031211/http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=48792|archivedate=2006-07-17}}</ref> did not fully meet the requirements for the preservation of Karu Treasure. Doubts about the site's suitability were reinforced by the filing of legal action against museum staff regarding the 2007 theft. Ten people were initially accused in relation to the hippocamp's replacement with a fake; the museum's former director was the only one kept in [[Arrest|custody]]. -->