The sculpture was found by a farmer George Kentrotas, then a French explorer, Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d’Urville , informs the French ambassador to Turkey (Marquis de Riviere) who gains the piece. The Greek authorities agreed to give it for a price of only 1000 francs! The statue, trailed by ground, loses her arms while it was transported to a French ship (Efstatette) in 23.5.1820 while some Greeks tried to prevent the transport. The statue was presented to King Louis XVIII and later it was obtained by the Louvre museum in Paris. Initially considered as a work of Praxiteles.