sentences:  This began a years-long legal battle between Muscarella and The Met concerning his wrongful termination, which was eventually resolved with his full reinstatement as Senior Research Fellow in 1978.Muscarella sees the collecting of illegal antiquities by individuals and institutions as harmful to the discipline of archaeology.It is now widely recognized that the illegal antiquities trade increases the value of and demand for important artifacts, which creates incentives for the plunder of sites, and encourages the production of forgeries.