US officials say that estimates of Iraqi artifacts stolen from the Iraq Museum were grossly overestimated and that most of the art has been recovered. “Initial estimates after the war ended in April suggested that as many as 170,000 pieces, including the Nimrud treasures, were lost or stolen during the sacking of the museum, according to U.S. officials. They now say 3,000 pieces remain unaccounted for and may have disappeared into the shadowy world of black market antiquities trading.”