Per the article, she is an antiquities dealer who specializes in looking for treasures at thrift stores. So generally speaking she is absolutely looking for a

Per the article, she is an antiquities dealer who specializes in looking for treasures at thrift stores. So generally speaking she is absolutely looking for a payout. We don't know what terms she negotiated this time, per the article those terms are confidential, but we do know that whatever she negotiated was not a simple return. The article says this much of it: "The exact terms of the deal are confidential, but the head will stay in Texas — on display — for about a year." But supposing she was looking for a payout in this instance, is it fair to characterize looking for a payout as "trying to do a bad thing"? I don't think so, no. She may well have been within her legal rights to seek a payout. It seems safe to presume she had at least some legal right to the bust, since the deal she came to with the German museum was not simply return it immediately. The article claims "Young had a problem: She was in possession of a looted piece of ancient art. She couldn't keep it. She couldn't sell it." But the article doesn't directly quote her saying this. It's conceivable she felt she was morally or ethically obliged to return it. Or maybe she incorrectly believed she was legally obliged to return it, and learned differently only after hiring the lawyer.