Manuscript "The 120 Days of Sodom" returns to Paris "The 120 Days of Sodom" a manuscript written by the Marquis de Sade while incarcerated in the Bastille in 1785 has finally returned to Paris. The original scroll has been hidden, stolen, smuggled, sold and fought over in court, before finally being bought for 7 million euros by a French company and repatriated. Images and soundbites.