Hawass expressed that the bust
was obliterated and smuggled to Germany.
He pointed out that he is now
collecting signatures from Egyptian and foreign intellectuals to restore
Nefertiti’s bust to Egypt.
It was stolen and came out of
Egypt, illegally. He said: “I want to turn the demand to return Nefertiti’s
opinion to popular demand. We don’t want to involve the government in this
matter.
Source:lomazoma