Restoration
The reliquary had decayed significantly after its decades of burial. The Czech authorities, after refusing to allow the relic's export and working to resolve ownership disputes, began an extensive restoration which lasted from 1991 by restorers from Prague's Museum of Applied Arts and preservation experts from Aachen (Germany). The restoration was complete in 2002 and the artifact was then returned to Bečov. The shrine has since been on public display in both the Becov Castle and Prague Castle.
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