Supreme Council of Antiquities SCA Secretary-General Zahi Hawas said a bill law has been prepared for combating the antiques stealing which includes harshening the penalty for deterring the antiques thieves.

    He, moreover, added that the SCA will hire high-trained guards to help prevent the stealing of the artifacts in the International and Arab Organizations Forum for museums in Aswan, the SCA Secretary-General added that his council could restore, in the last three years, more than two thousand artifacts from all the world countries.

    On the other hand, the public prosecution is keen on adopting the legal procedures for restoring 57 thousand missing artifacts that were smuggled abroad by ten defendants who are accused in the case of robbing and smuggling the antiques and will be put into trial today.