British Museum thefts: Police interview man over alleged stolen artefacts

A person has been interviewed by the Metropolitan Police following alleged thefts on the British Museum.

The pressure has confirmed no arrests have been made.

The museum had earlier sacked a senior curator after close to 2,000 artefacts value thousands and thousands of kilos had been believed to have been stolen.

The Met Police stated in a press release right now: “We have worked closely with the British Museum and will continue to do so.

“We won’t be offering any additional data presently.”

The museum said last week that items from its collection were “lacking, stolen or broken”.

The museum did not specify how many items were stolen or detail what the missing items were, saying only that they were “small items” including “gold jewelry and gems of semi-precious stones and glass relationship from the fifteenth century BC to the nineteenth century AD”.

The majority were “saved in a storeroom belonging to one of many museum’s collections” and mainly used for academic and research work. None had recently been on public display.

The number of stolen items is now believed to be “nicely over 1,000” and “nearer to 2,000”, with a value running into “thousands and thousands of kilos”, the Daily Telegraph reports.

It also appears “more and more doubtless” the museum might never know exactly what has been stolen because of “gaps in its stock,” the paper stated.

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Stolen artefacts offered for sale on eBay

It has emerged an antiquities knowledgeable advised museum officers three years in the past that artefacts from its assortment had been placed on sale on eBay.

One Roman object, valued at £25,000 to £50,000 by sellers, was provided for simply £40.

A museum supply advised the Telegraph that the directorate’s dealing with of the case has been “negligent and incompetent”.

An impartial evaluation of safety has been launched.

The evaluation can be led by former museum trustee Sir Nigel Boardman, and Lucy D’Orsi, chief constable of the British Transport Police, who will “kickstart” a “vigorous” programme to get better the stolen objects.

Meanwhile, Nigerian and Greek officials have demanded the return of treasures from the museum.

More than 900 Benin Bronze items and the Parthenon Marbles – also called the Elgin Marbles – at the moment are the centre of renewed requires repatriation amid accusations the British Museum’s safety can’t be trusted.