★ Karun Treasure
Karun treasure is the name given to a collection of 363 valuable Lydian artifacts Dating from the 7th century BC and originating from uşak province in Western Turkey which were the subject of legal proceedings between Turkey and new York Metropolitan Museum of art between 1987-1993 and which were returned to Turkey in 1993 after the Museum admitted that the items were stolen when they purchased them. The collection also known as the Lydian hoard. The items are exhibited in the uşak Museum of archaeology.
The collection is made once again the sensational news in may 2006 when a key piece, a Golden hippocamp, on display in uşak Museum along with the rest of the collection, was discovered already switched with a fake, probably between March to August 2005,
Another term used for the collection is "Croesus treasure". Although the exhibits were closely contemporary to Croesus, whether they should be directly linked with the legendary Lydian king or not remains controversial. The wealth of Croesus could not fail to affect the number of Asian cultures in a vein similar to his fame in the Western cultures, and is referred to as Karun Arabic, Persian or Turkish Qarun, or Korah, with the mythical proportions of his fortune also exerts its influence on the different hand, in parallel with the English language expression "as rich as Croesus". This explains why the term "Karun treasure" took, and in any case, the king Croesus treasure consisted of more than 363 pieces and the tomb chamber tumulus where most artifacts were discovered they come from a close but different sites was a woman.