Lives Less Ordinary

Hunting for icons in the underworld, part 2


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Tasoula Hadjitofi tricked a notorious art smuggler to recover Cyprus' holiest relics

When war split Tasoula's home country of Cyprus in two in 1974 she had to leave home, never to return. Years later, while living in the Netherlands she was approached by a shady art dealer with news that shook her to the core: artefacts sacred to her Greek Orthodox faith had been stolen, hammered out from church walls and were now being sold on the black market. Tasoula then poured everything into righting this wrong and vowed to bring them back. She would have to plumb the depths of the criminal underworld and hatch an elaborate sting operation to catch the mastermind behind it all.

Presenter: Emily Webb

Producer: Edgar Maddicott
Sound Design: Joe Munday
Editor: Harry Graham

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