China says "Give us our head"

In 1860, British and French forces took two bronze heads from China's imperial summer resort Yuanmingyuan. These relics, a rat head and a rabbit head, were recently sold at a Yvez Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge AIDS shindig, for 35.9 million. China's lawyers seeked an injunction from the French, stating that the art is theirs. They have a good point, since these heads were made by Chinese, used by Chinese, and stolen from the Chinese. But this is the international anarchy that exists, where court is voluntary.
I would like to know what type of person would buy this art, knowing its history, unless they were buying it for China. The transaction was kept private.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/world/europe/27auction.html?_r=1