The return of the statue comes after a years-long campaign to have it returned to Rapa Nui, as Easter Island is known locally
The 715kg sculpture will be transported by truck to the Chilean port city of Valparaíso, where it will set sail on a naval ship on a journey of about five days to reach Rapa Nui.
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