Secret discussions have taken place between George Osborne, the chair of the British Museum, and Greece's prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the contested sculptures.

The head of the British Museum, George Osborne, said Wednesday a reported deal with Greece to end a decades-long dispute over the highly contested and priceless Parthenon Marbles was "still some distance" away.

British Museum ‘still some distance’ from a deal with Greece on the Elgin Marbles, Osborne says - George Osborne, chairman of the British Museum, confirmed it is looking at a deal that would see some