A headless and armless small marble Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic period turned up in the trash in Thessaloniki.

The discovery of a 2000-year-old headless statue from the Hellenistic period has prompted Greek police to investigate.

THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday.

A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black plastic bag near trash cans in Greece, prompting a police investigation. A 32-year-old local found the statue on Jan ...