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British Museum asks public and experts to help recover stolen artefacts (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Last month a member of staff was sacked and police launched an investigation after around 2,000 treasures were reported "missing, stolen or damaged" over a "significant" period of time.

The museum has now said most are Greek and Roman gems and jewellery, and shared pictures of similar items.

Sixty objects have been returned.

In a statement, the museum added that 300 more had been "identified and [are] due to be returned imminently".

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[โ€“] imAadesh@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have they tried looking at the place where all stolen goods from the world are stored?

[โ€“] Chais@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's where they're missing from.