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This medieval Greek manuscript of the four Gospels has been missing from the University of Athens since 1991.

This medieval Greek manuscript of the four Gospels has been missing from the University of Athens since 1991.

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Medieval manuscript returned after museum discovers it was stolen

One year after the Green family — owners of the craft store chain Hobby Lobby and principal sponsors of the Museum of the Bible — agreed to pay a $3 million fine for illegally importing artifacts from Iraq, the museum is returning a medieval New Testament manuscript to the University of Athens after learning the document had been stolen from the Greek institution.