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DESTINATION -Museum of Islamic Development of Central Java to return three ancient books of Pustaka Museum Radya, city of Solo, Central Java, who had reportedly lost.
Museum Committee Chairman Radyapustaka Surakarta, Solo Kalinggo Winarso, Saturday.

He said the condition of the museum management by the old management was chaotic, causing problems, including loss of collection of stone statues and bronze statues.

Once traced, three books of translations of the Koran into the language and writing Java turned out to be borrowed Museum of Islamic Development of Central Java since three years ago.

Borrowing is known an officer who found a piece of paper stating the three ancient books borrowed by the Museum of Islamic Development of Central Java for the inauguration of the Great Mosque of Central Java.

Even more regrettable, he said, the letter was only written in pencil.

Qur'an translations into Java language was composed of three books, each containing ten juz book, compiled by one of the courtiers village cleric, Bagoes Ngrapah, in 1905 by using handwriting.