Jakarta, July 23 -- Indonesia's Minister of Culture Fadli Zon continues to work to ensure that Indonesian cultural artifacts illegally held abroad are returned to the country.

"We are also still working to repatriate a number of important statues that remain abroad," Ministry Zon said during a press conference in Jakarta on Thursday.

During the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Indonesia on early July, Zon conveyed the Indonesian government's desire for the Pucangan inscription to be returned to its homeland.

"And the Prime Minister Modi said he would take action and we have already sent a letter requesting the Pucangan inscription be repatriated to Indonesia. It is currently located in the Calcutta area of West Bengal," Z...