And all that wasn't for free, NICH rented out the pieces and was paid a fee for every show. We asked about that yesterday:

Reporter:
"Does anyone know where the, let's say, half a million us - conservatively - that these pieces earned on their big tour, where that money went?"

Francis Fonseca, Minister of Culture:
"Yeah. Well, you're talking about all moneys earned over a period of 12 years, right? Yeah. My understanding, and I think it would be good to, to speak to Doctor Badillo, or she would know more about my understanding is that, yes, there is, a fund at the Institute of Archeology where these monies are put into, sort of, you know, endowment funds, so to speak."

"But I know that the monies go to the Institute of Archeology."

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