“It is extremely sad and particularly serious,” said the Minister of Culture in response to a foreign journalist’s question
The news has gone around the world that a prominent member of the British Museum – Peter John Higgs, the museum’s senior curator, specializing in the department related to ancient Greek treasures – was an antiquities hoarder and even sold the antiquities he stole on eBay .
When asked by a foreign journalist about the loss, theft and damage of objects from the British Museum Collections, the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni said:
“It is extremely sad and particularly serious the fact, which was recently announced by the British Museum. The Ministry of Culture is following the development of the issue very carefully.”
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The British Museum had announced it had launched an investigation into its security measures, saying a member of staff had been sacked and legal action was being planned against him.
Items missing from the collection include gold jewellery, pieces of glass and semi-precious stones dating back to 1500 BC. up to the 19th century AD, and occupied a “significant period of time”.
Source: Skai
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