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London: 2000 items missing from British Museum sold on online portal, request made for return
More than 2,000 artifacts have gone missing from the British Museum, including jewelry, which has been seen being sold online. However, efforts are on to get them back. Some of these historical artifacts have also been recovered. Meanwhile, the director of the museum has also resigned from his post as he is deeply hurt by this shameful act.
Some priceless objects were stolen from the British Museum, one of London's major tourist attractions. Museum chairman George Osborne said on Saturday that the British Museum has begun recovering some items that were sold online.
The director of the museum has also resigned from his post after being hurt by this theft. Nearly 2,000 artifacts worth millions of pounds are suspected to have been stolen from the British Museum by one of its senior curators. Explain that thousands of valuable artifacts are displayed in the British Museum, some of which are from India.
The museum had said that most of the missing items were small pieces kept in a collection storage room. These include gold jewelry, semi-precious stone gems, and glass dating from the 15th century BC to the 19th century AD. None of these objects were on public display until recently.
Osborne, Britain's former Chancellor of the Exchequer, said about 2,000 artifacts had gone missing, some of which have already been recovered. Osborne said, "We are dealing with a lot of honest people who will return stolen items. However, probably not all will."
