An antiquarian from Serbia, Stojan Matic, returned valuable artwork he found at a flea market in Vienna which was stolen from a museum in Bosnia during the 1992-1995 war.

The 32 illustrations, as well as sketches by Bozidar Jakac, were stolen from the Museum of the 2nd AVNOJ session (Anti-Fascist Council for the People's Liberation of Yugoslavia) during the war.

Matic, from Novi Sad, bought them at a flea market in Vienna and decided to return them to Bosnia, with help from renowned BiH actor Emir Hadzihafizbegovic.

Hadzihafizbegovic said that Matic's move represents a “historic event” and announced the possibility of working on a feature film about it.

The director of the Museum, Emsada Leko, expressed her gratitude that the artwork was returned to where they belong.