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A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 US from a Goodwill store turned out to be a centuries-old sculpture missing from Germany since the Second World War.

Bust has been missing from Germany since the Second World War, likely brought to U.S. by a soldierThe bust, which art collector Laura Young found at Goodwill in 2018, once belonged in the collection of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, according to the San Antonio Museum of Art.

The bust, which art collector Laura Young found at Goodwill in 2018, once belonged in the collection of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, according to the San Antonio Museum of Art, which is temporarily displaying the piece until it is returned to Germany next year. The ancient Roman bust dates to the first century BC or first century AD and historians believe it may depict a son of Pompey the Great, who was defeated in civil war by Julius Caesar, the museum said.

Young said there were a few months of "intense excitement" after learning the history behind the piece, which she found on the floor beneath a table at a Goodwill in Austin, Texas. Young reached a deal to return the bust to Germany with the help of an attorney who specializes in international art law,"But it was bittersweet since I knew I couldn't keep or sell the ," she said. "Either way, I'm glad I got to be a small part of long and complicated history, and he looked great in the house while I had him."

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