The British museum posted photos online today of items resembling some of the hundreds stolen from his collections and appealed to the public for help in locating them.
‘Around 2,000 objects’ stolen from prestigious British institution’s collections in recent years, according to its chairman, George Osborne. The revelation led to the resignation of the museum’s director, Hartwick Fisher, this summer.
The stolen objects were not presented to the public but kept in the museum’s warehouses. Most of them were antiquities from Greece and Rome. These are mainly jewelry, semi-precious stones and glassware, however, following the advice of experts, the museum does not describe them precisely.
In order to recover the stolen antiquities, the museum today released photos of similar objects from those it has in its collections, such as a gold bracelet, a signet stone or a necklace decorated with clasps in the shape of a lion’s head. It is asking anyone who “believes they have or had possession of items belonging to the British Museum, or anyone who has any information” that would assist in their recovery, to contact the institution.
So far, “60 objects have been recovered and a further 300 have been identified and are due to be returned shortly,” the British Museum said in a statement. It also said that the stolen objects were listed in the Catalog of Lost Art, an international database used by collectors, insurance companies or even police authorities.
In mid-August, the Museum reported that it had fired one of its employees. British police have questioned a man, who they have not named, but have not yet prosecuted the case.
Source: News Beast
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