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So here's a better article about the story:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/french-court-sides-with-couple-after-antiques-dealer-flips-fang-mask-2370870

It went down like this:

Very old couple cleaning out 2nd house from old residents found the mask left behind.

They take it to an antiques dealer, he agreed to buy it for $150.

Dealer gets it appraised by a few sources, one appraises for less than what he paid and one a few hundred higher.

He then takes it to an African antique specialist and finds out it's worth mid six figures.

Mask goes to auction, sells for $4.4 million.

Old couple sues. Gets offered settlement for $300,000 which they were happy to take, their kids said hell no.

Now going by this article there might be precedent in Europe where they have a case. In the states they would get told to pound sand, they really don't have a leg to stand on.