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Thief at the British Museum

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Sarnia Mon 27-May-24 13:26:32

This programme is on BBC2 at 7pm this evening. It deals with the artefacts stolen from the British Museum with some being sold on eBay. A collector contacted the museum a couple of years ago as he was suspicious about the seller and then items being sold. They chose not to believe him at the time. Might be worth watching.

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Germanshepherdsmum Mon 27-May-24 13:55:40

It’s horrifying that the BM hadn’t catalogued all the items in their custody. They are now getting round to it. A disgrace.

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Chocolatelovinggran Mon 27-May-24 14:05:37

Absolutely shocking. Were the collector's claims investigated, or simply ignored?

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Germanshepherdsmum Mon 27-May-24 15:32:44

Thanks for the heads up about the programme Sarnia. I will watch it.

I believe the BM took proceedings against a former employee chocolate, but don’t know the outcome. I would have expected the police to prosecute. Doubtless the programme will enlighten me.

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welbeck Mon 27-May-24 18:40:15

thank you.
i will look out for it.

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GrannyGravy13 Mon 27-May-24 19:25:13

Watching and absolutely stunned that this was able to happen.

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RosiesMaw Mon 27-May-24 19:28:08

I got so fed up at the slowness of the introduction/background etc - talk about spinning things out!
Hope she gets down to business tomorrow.

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Sarnia Mon 27-May-24 23:36:14

Pretty damning evidence pointing to the one-time curator, Paul Higgs. He is either the person responsible for a multitude of thefts or someone has assumed his identity, which these days may be possible. What a shame no-one took the collector seriously years ago when he informed them of what he thought was happening. They could have saved so many precious artefacts.

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