Ministry of Public Security 公安部

The National Cultural Heritage Administration, together with the Ministry of Public Security and other departments, began efforts to recover the two relics in 2025.

Today (October 28), the National Cultural Heritage Administration received in Australia the return by the Australian side of 2 lost cultural relics: the head of a civil official statue from Yongchang Mausoleum of the Northern Song imperial tombs, and the head of a military official statue from Yongyu Mausoleum. They are representative surviving works of Song Dynasty stone-carving art. In 2025, the National Cultural Heritage Administration, together with the Ministry of Public Security and other departments, initiated efforts to recover the two relics. China and Australia worked closely together, ultimately bringing the 2 lost relics back to the motherland.