A British Museum employee was fired after pieces of the collection, including jewelry and precious stones, went missing

Was there a security breach? The British Museum in London revealed the theft on Wednesday, August 16 “Very unusual” Pieces from his collection, including jewelry and semi-precious stones dating back to the 15th century BC, led to the firing of an employee and a police seizure.

“Administrators at the British Museum were alarmed to learn of the theft of items from the collection earlier this year”The museum’s president, George Osborne, said in a press release that the Rosetta Stone, or Parthenon marble, is known to be in its collection.

Jewelery from 15th century BC

He assured that priority will be given “Find Stolen Parts” Concrete measures were taken: “We took over the police, imposed emergency measures to strengthen security, and set up an independent inquiry to find out what happened and learn from it. According to the museum, most of the items that “Lost, Stolen or Damaged”There are “Small Parts” Recently exposed to the public and preserved in decommissioned reserves “mainly for research purposes”. “These include gold jewellery, semi-precious stones or glassware dating from the 15th century BC to the 19th century AD”, Was it mentioned?

“The museum apologizes for what happened, but we have put an end to it”, museum director Hardwick Fischer was quoted as saying in the press release. He noted that experts outside the museum were tasked with identifying the missing or damaged pieces. “This will allow us to make every effort to find them.”, he promised. The museum said it has taken legal action against the fired employee. In addition to the independent investigation launched into the incident, the Financial Crimes Unit of the Metropolitan Police of London has taken over the case.