National Gallery of Australia announces independent review of Asian art

By Primrose Riordan
Updated December 19 2014 - 10:18am, first published 9:04am
The Dancing Shiva was allegedly looted from a temple and sold to the National Gallery with false papers. Photo: Jay Cronan
The Dancing Shiva was allegedly looted from a temple and sold to the National Gallery with false papers. Photo: Jay Cronan

The new National Gallery of Australia Director, Gerard Vaughan has announced an overhaul of the NGA's scandal hit Asian art collection on Friday, saying it will conduct an independent review.