Elgin Lord Elgin is the British ambassador to Constantinople, and he becomes intrigued by these some paintings and drawings that he's seen of these sculptures. He comes to a deal with the Ottomans this is one of the controversial things later,. But what we know is that they came to some kind of agreement of which there is a sermon which is a terms of an agreement. They were acquired in the end by the British Museum, I think for 74,000 pounds.