The Venus de Milo was originally found by a poor peasant named Yorgos Kantratas in the ruins of Milo. It was found in two main pieces along with the hands, including one holding an apple, somewhere near the ruins of the statue. Yorgos then tried to sell it to French ambassador Olivier Voutier who, when he got back to the embassy in Constantinople, got the statue from the peasant and said that they came under fire and the sailors who were dragging the statue to the boat the arms fell off. This is believed to be untrue though because his sketches before the supposed accident showed the statue without the arms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo
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