Search continues for missing gold stolen from museum

Leigh Boobyer, 'First images of museum theft gold as hunt continues' BBC Wales 10/11/2025

Police have released images of artefacts dating from the Bronze Age which were stolen from one of Wales' national museums last month, as a police investigation into the burglary continues. South Wales Police said the gold jewellery was stolen from a display case in St Fagans National Museum of History, in Cardiff, at approximately 00:30 BST on 6 October. Gavin Burnett, 43, and Darren Burnett, 50, both from Northampton, were charged with burglary last month and remanded in custody. [...] A 45-year-old woman from Northamptonshire, who was also arrested as part of the investigation, remains on police bail.

South Wales Police have so far been unable to locate the missing stolen items.

Officers are still trying to locate the following artefacts:

Hoard of four Middle Bronze Age gold armlets from Llanwrthwrl, Powys,
Hoard of five Middle Bronze Age gold items Capel Isaf, Carmarthenshire,
Hoard of three Middle Bronze Age gold items from Heyope, Powys,
Early Bronze Age gold lunula from Llanllyfni, Gwynedd.