Getty Museum in LA to return illegally exported art to Italy

The Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California (Alamy/PA)

The J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is returning ancient sculptures and other works of art that were illegally exported from Italy, the museum has announced.

The Getty will return a nearly life-size group of Greek terracotta sculptures known as Orpheus And The Sirens, believed to date from the fourth century BC, according to the museum.