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Statues looted from Syria's����have allegedly appeared in the office of�� MP Nohad Machnouk, according to local reports who said that the artefacts were spotted in the background during a televised interview with the official.

The heads of the Palmyra statues, which were stolen from the Syrian museum between 2014 and 2015, were quickly identified in the��Al-Jadeed TV interview by Saad Fansa - a governing board member of El-Adiyat Association for the Protection of Antiquities in Damascus��told��Enab Baladi.

The Lebanese MP,��who served as interior minister and is��a , told Megaphone��news site the artefacts have been in Machnouk's office��for over ten years and are��registered at the culture ministry in line with regulations.

: المرجع الدستوري الفرنسي "المُحايد" حسم عدم اختصاص

— Nohad Machnouk (@NohadMachnouk)

Lebanon has become a major market for antiquities ��from Syria, as traffickers��contributed to the looting and trade of��illegal antiquities from Syria.

The International Criminal Police (INTERPOL) requested Syria’s Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums (SDGAM) to provide it with descriptions of looted artefacts, however the directorate said it does not have��antiquities archives and will address foreign missions who worked in Syria to secure them, Syrian journalist��Omar Al-Buniya told��Enab Baladi.

Syrian regime officials have reportedly carried out illegal��antiquities trade, according to��Ayman Al-Nabo, the��director of Idlib's City Museum, adding that SDGAM��did not archive antiquities "intentionally",��to allow for "easy smuggling".

Idlib's antiquities directorate managed to salvage seven sculptures from Palmyra, a UNESCO world heritage site which has seen��many of its structures destroyed and sculptures looted during the ,��which are now preserved in Idlib's museum,��Al-Nabo��said.