Sikh protests stop Sotheby's auction of 'religious relic'

Sotheby’s has withdrawn a rare 18th-century steel armour plate from public sale after protesters claimed it was a religious relic which may have been owned by one of Sikhism’s holiest figures, Guru Gobind Singh.
The auction house confirmed that the artefact, which had been estimated to fetch up to £12,000 in London [...]