{"id":237013,"date":"2023-09-27T00:38:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T00:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=237013"},"modified":"2023-09-27T00:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T00:38:29","slug":"british-museum-asks-public-to-help-recover-missing-items-from-its-collection-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/british-museum-asks-public-to-help-recover-missing-items-from-its-collection-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"British Museum asks public to help recover missing items from its collection | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE British Museum is asking the public to help recover missing items from its collection.<\/strong><\/p>\n It announced in August that 2,000 artefacts were found to have been taken, and a police investigation is under way.<\/p>\n The London-based institution has now posted pictures on its website of missing Greek and Roman necklaces and rings.<\/p>\n It revealed that 60 items have been returned, with a further 300 imminent.<\/p>\n Former chancellor George Osborne, who is now chairman of the museum's trustees, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that an estimated 2,000 items were missing and some had been recovered.<\/p>\n He said the museum did not have a complete catalogue of everything in its collection.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He said: "Someone with knowledge of what's not registered has a big advantage in removing some of those items."<\/p>\n A Met Police investigation is under way and a man was interviewed under caution on August 23.<\/p>\n The images of missing items can be found here<\/p>\n
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