The UK government had recently sent out letters to the British Museum and other cultural institutions to remove controversial objects from display.
The decision came after the controversy which involved the British Museum where a bust of its slave owning founding father Hans Sloane was reinstated in the Enlightenment Gallery.
The letter, leaked to The Sunday Telegraph, said: "As publicly funded bodies, you should not be taking actions motivated by activism or politics. The significant support that you receive from the taxpayer is an acknowledgement of the important cultural role you play for the entire country. It is imperative that you continue to act impartially, in line with your publicly funded status, and not in a way that brings this into question. This is especially important as we enter a challenging Comprehensive Spending Review, in which all government spending will rightly be scrutinised."
However, the museum told the BBC that it had no intention of removing it and it’d rather “contextualise” the collection for the public.
