(b) Notwithstanding any other law, actions brought pursuant to this section shall be commenced within six years of the actual discovery by the claimant or the claimant’s agent, of both of the following:

1. (1) The identity and the whereabouts of the artwork or other personal property. Where there is a possibility of misidentification of the object in question, the identity can be satisfied by the identification of facts sufficient to determine that the artwork or other personal property is likely to be the artwork or other personal property that was unlawfully taken or stolen.
2. (2) Information or facts that are sufficient to indicate that the claimant has a claim for a possessory interest in the artwork or other personal property that was unlawfully taken or stolen.

(d) For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply:

1. (1) “Artwork or other personal property” means any of the following:

   1. (A) Pictures, paintings, and drawings.
   2. (B) Statuary art and sculpture.
   3. (C) Engravings, prints lithographs, and other works of graphic art.
   4. (D) Applied art and original artistic assemblages and montages.
   5. (E) Books, archives, musical instruments, musical objects, and manuscripts, including musical manuscripts and sheets, and sound, photographic, and cinematographic archives and mediums.
   6. (F) Sacred and ceremonial objects.
   7. (G) Objects of cultural significance.
2. (2) “Political persecution” means persecution of a specific group of individuals based on their membership in a protected class under the state’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (Section 51 of the Civil Code).