Police have released CCTV footage of two people after gold objects dating back 3,000 years were stolen from a museum. The Bronze Age jewellery - a gold torc and a gold bracelet - were stolen during a break-in at Ely Museum, Cambridgeshire, on Tuesday.[...] Police hope the footage will "jog memories" of people with information [...] Cambridgeshire Police said the museum was broken into between 00:00 and 02:00 BST. In footage released by the force, two people can be seen entering the building through a window and then quickly moving past a security camera in the venue. [...] [police say they are] "very keen to hear from anyone who may be able to provide information or saw two people on e-scooters in the vicinity of the museum, car park and pedestrian walkways at the back of the museum, the council offices and the Grange Car Park"Watch the video, it's not a very good advert for the firm that made those "security doors" at the museum entrance. Why is the gallery accessible from the netrance without a barrier in place at light? How much are all the rest of the antiquities in Ely Museum worth? How much are they insured for? Which insurance firm gave them a policy to cover that amount of money without inspecting the premises and ascertaining the security risk? Bonkers.
Oh, and by the way... in case anyone is wondering if this is a theft to order. More likely that after the fuss has died down somewhat these objects will surface in a pub somewhere (in the EU or USA -they buy this sort of thing in Japan too) masqyuerading as fresh MD finds that the finder does not want to report, and be shgiften in a private treaty sale to a collector who does not ask too many questions about where artefacts he wants come from. There is a lot of it about.
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