panaji the museum department is in a quandary as its move to seek bids from private agencies for safekeeping of 10000 artifacts on a lease basis for two years before demolition of the unsafe building has found no takers the government has decided to reconstruct a better showcase at the site of the 18yearold building at edc complex patto and till then entrust the safe storage of the states heritage legacy to private godown owners the department had hopes of enlisting a private party or any agency not only as a business partner but also a collaborator with a sense of belonging to goas cultural heritage but there was no response from any person and agencies a source said the department had invited bids from interest parties about a month ago initially the department had plans to shift the antiquities temporarily to the old secretariat and talks had been held at the higher level the art and culture department has plans to set up an art gallery and museum among other things in the restored building sources said lot of work has already been done and prospects of shifting the exhibits have dwindled the matter of safe storage of the exhibits will now be discussed at a higher level a source said after the onset of the monsoon the problems at the crumbling building have taken a turn for the worse leakage of rain water and moss formation has added to the maintenance woes the building had developed cracks within a few years after its inauguration by the president on june 18 1996 despite lakhs of rupees spent on its restoration over the last few years the condition of the showcase to house goas cultural legacy has deteriorated