The British Museum is being bombarded with calls for the return of the Easter Island statue

Mayor Pedro Edmunds Paoa condemns campaign backed by Chile’s president seeking return of monoliths. He says they help publicise native culture and are better off in the British Museum. Mayor says they should be in the museum rather than in the national museum.

Chilean activists bombard British Museum’s social media with calls for return of Easter Island statue. British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by a social media campaign by Chilean activists. The moai is believed to be the largest statue on the island island in the world.

In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean lies Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, and its colossal Moai.