About 350 objects, of the 2,000 that were stolen from the British Museum, were foundannounced its president, George Osborneduring a parliamentary hearing where he spoke about these robberies which triggered the resignation of its previous director.
The pieces found are small objects that were not on display, such as jewelry, semi-precious stones and glassware, which were kept in the museum’s reserves, and which “the vast majority” were part of the department of Greece and Romeaccording to him British museum.
The dissemination of information that reported the disappearance of pieces in August generated a crisis in that institution, one of the most prestigious in the world, and its director, Hartwig Fischerwho had been in office since 2016, immediately submitted his resignation.
They hope to recover more objects
During the parliamentary hearing, Osborne said that of the total number of missing objects, 350 were found and added jokingly: “We have enough to prepare a good exhibition, which of course was not planned before.”
“There is a lot of interest in these objects,” he added. Osborneas reported by the AFP news agency, although it was not specified where the pieces were found.
At the end of September, the institution appealed to the public to help find the missing pieces, publishing photographs of objects on the Internet that resembled the hundreds of stolen items.
“We have been victims of an operation carried out by someone who we believe was stealing from the museum for a long period of time,” he said George Osborne.
“Actions were carried out to conceal the thefts. Many documents were modified”he added.
The institution indicated in mid-August that it had fired an employee, while the london police He claimed to have questioned a man, whose identity was not revealed, and no legal action had been taken against him.
He acting museum director, Mark Jonesstated that the rules for accessing the safes had been modified after the discovery of the thefts.
“From now on, no one is allowed to enter a room alone. safe and this measure, associated with many others, should prevent this type of theft from being reproduced,” he assured the deputies.
Source: Ambito
