Greek officials yesterday presented a 17th-century oil sketch attributed to Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, a week after its discovery by police following its theft from Belgium a decade ago.

The painting, The Calydonian Boar Hunt, had been snatched from the Fine Arts Museum of Ghent in Belgium in 2001, Citizen’s Protection Minister Christos Papoutsis told a news conference.

Greek police were first alerted to its presence some two weeks ago, he said.

It was kept by a 40-year-old television show host and a 65-year-old former antiquarian who had tried to sell it in Athens to undercover officers for six million euros.

The pair, who have been charged with attempted money-laundering but are not suspected of the actual theft, were released with travel bans on Tuesday as Belgian authorities had yet to file a claim for the painting, a justice source said.