(Yicai Global) Nov. 20 -- Following domestic and international showings, the Shanxi Museum exhibited findings from the 1999 excavation of Yu Hong's Tomb, which is considered one of that year's top ten archaeological discoveries in China. The museum is preparing enhanced protective measures after artifacts were damaged, Jiemian News reported.

Netizens said they saw obvious flaws that they suspected were caused by collisions. The artifacts have been packaged and transported to areas in China and overseas, where they were on display in different environments and climates, Shanxi Museum Zhang Yuancheng said on Weibo. This probably created the flaws, and the museum is working to improve the processes it uses to care for the relics, Zhang said.

The museum has stored the artifacts and is maintaining them while it researches upgraded packaging and transport methods, said Zhang.

Excavated in Taiyuan city in July 1999, Yu Hong's Tomb has elegant artistic carving patterns that embody exchanges between China and the West during the Northern Dynasties and the Sui Dynasty.

America, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea hosted artifacts from Yu Hong's Tomb from 2004 to 2008. They entered the Shanxi Museum in June 2008 and facilities in Australia, America, Beijing, Dunhuang, and Shenzhen showed them intermittently from August 2013 to June of this year. The museum was not aware of issues at that time, Zhang said.