"Priamos Treasures" Exhibition in Moscow Pushkin Museum, 1995. Schliemann hid the treasure, which was found May, 31rd, 1873, for a few days in the farm of Frederick Calvert, then English consul at Çanakkale. After that, on 5th or 6th June 1873, the treasure went with a Greek ship first to the Greek islands, then to Athens. After the Ottoman government was informed about the theft, Schliemann was sent to court in Athens, where the jury decided that half of the treasure had to be given back to the Ottoman Empire. A search by the police in Schliemann's house in Athens wasn't successful and no signs of the treasure appeared. After some time, the trial continued and as outcome the Ottoman Empire accepted 50.000 gold franks as a punishment fee and the issue was solved.
During World War II, American soldiers try to save the treasures from Berlin Museum. Later on, the treasures were exhibited in England for a short time, and after that they were brought to Berlin. Before his death, Schliemann donated all his findings at Troy incl. the treasures to the German Empire. The treasures remained in a museum in Berlin until the end of World War II, when they were hidden in a bunker. The Russians seized the treasures and brought them to Moscow and Leningrad (St. Petersburg). Only very few people were informed about the whereabouts of the treasure. Finally 1993 journalists uncovered the story of the 'hidden treasure', and since 1995 most of the objects are exhibited in Moscow's Pushkin Museum. Today, the Troy treasures, which include not only Schliemann's findings, are distributed to 7 different cities and 9 different museums all around the world. A small part of the treasure is exhibited in Istanbul's Archeological Museum.