The British Museum launched a recovery program to ensure the items are returned, calling it an “absolute priority — however long it takes.”
The British Museum dismissed an employee after it found that gold jewelry, gems and glass dating back as far as the 15th century BC were missing from a storeroom. In a news release, the museum said it opened an independent review of security and would take legal action against the person, whom they accused of stealing and damaging the items.
The museum launched a recovery program to ensure the items are returned, which Boardman described as a “painstaking job, involving internal and external experts” but an “absolute priority — however long it takes.”The items were all “small pieces kept in a storeroom” of one the museum collections, none of which had recently been on public display, the statement said.
“This is a highly unusual incident,” museum director Hartwig Fischer said in a statement. “But we have now brought an end to this — and we are determined to put things right.” British Museum Chair George Osborne said in a statement that the trustees learned of the theft earlier this year and that they used “all the disciplinary powers” available on the person believed to be responsible. “It’s a sad day for all who love our British Museum,” he added.
Museum spokesman Connor Watson declined to provide additional details about the identity or role of the alleged thief.The Metropolitan Police’s Economic Crime Command is also investigating. “We are bound by the police investigation and would not want to prejudice any potential action,” Watson told The Washington Post by email.
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