Disputed Items
The Sarajevo Haggadah, a 600-year-old Jewish manuscript and one of Bosnia's most prized relics, remains locked inside the closed Museum in a high-security glass case. The manuscript, handwritten on bleached calfskin, dates to the once-thriving Jewish community in Spain and describes events ranging from the Creation to the Jewish exodus from ancient Egypt to the death of Moses. It is estimated to be worth over 700 million dollars.
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan offered in November 2012 to host the relic for three years, but the country's Commission for the Preservation of National Monuments rejected the offer due to the unresolved legal status of the National Museum.Additionally, moving the document to New York would require special care, but the funds needed to prepare for the transfer are unavailable.
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