今日のテキスト U.S. RETURNS STOLEN PICASSO

A painting by Pablo Picasso will soon be heading back to France after going missing 14 years ago. The painting, valued at 15 million dollars, disappeared from a Paris museum in 2001.
The painting is titled "La Coiffeuse," or "The Hairdresser." It was created in 1911. Officials at the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris say the artwork was in storage when it was stolen. Last December, U.S. customs authorities identified and seized the painting in a New York suburb. It had arrived from Belgium via an international parcel delivery service.
The painting was handed over to a French government official at a ceremony at the French Embassy in Washington.
Officials say the painting will be returned to the museum and put on display as soon as restoration work is completed.