China arrests 39 for robbing tomb of Wuyue Kingdom founder

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A total of 39 suspects were arrested for illegally selling cultural relics and robbing the tomb of Qian Liu, according to the public security bureau of Hangzhou City in eastern China's Zhejiang Province.

All the 175 stolen pieces from the tomb have been recovered.

Qian Liu was known as the founder of the Wuyue Kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of Chinese history. His tomb is in Lin'an District of Hangzhou City.