A priceless golden helmet and other Romanian artefacts stolen from a small museum in the Netherlands have not been melted down and...

Published on May 10, 2025
A priceless golden helmet and other Romanian artefacts stolen from a small museum in the Netherlands have not been melted down and could still be recovered, Dutch prosecutors said. The theft in January shocked Romania, whose national museum loaned the artefacts for an exhibition. https://lnkd.in/gf8jMuPg
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