Amassed Marcos Jewels Confiscation is a Lesson to Present Generation

The Marcoses, and Imelda in particular, were known for their love of luxury.

The family and associates are estimated to have amassed more than $10bn (£6.1bn) in property, jewellery, cash and other assets during their time in power. But Imelda Marcos has long denied embezzlement.

The jewels were seized by US Customs in 1986 when she and her husband, Ferdinand Marcos, fled to Hawaii after the military leader was overthrown.

A “virtual exhibit” of jewellery once owned by former first lady Imelda Marcos is being used as an anti-corruption campaign in the Philippines.

The government said the campaign would “remind the present generation of the excesses” of the Marcos era. She was found guilty on corruption charges in the mid-1990s and sentenced to a minimum of 12 years in prison, but the conviction was overturned on appeal.

The postings of the jewellery on Twitter and Facebook come ahead of an election in May in which three members of the family are running in a remarkable political comeback.