Treasures that went lacking from the British Museum are being auctioned on-line for as little as $50, in keeping with The Telegraph newspaper.
The British Museum stated Wednesday that it sacked a employees member and alerted police after discovering that the treasures, together with gold jewellery, gems of semiprecious stones and glass from the fifteenth century BC to nineteenth century AD, have been lacking, stolen or broken.
The employees member, Peter Higgs, was a curator of Greek collections and sculptures on the museum. His household denied the allegations and stated he has “not done anything.”
His son, Greg, stated: “He’s not happy about it. He’s lost his job and reputation, and I don’t think it was fair. It couldn’t have been [him]. I don’t think anything is missing as far as I’m aware.”
He added that his father was sacked final month and has been below investigation for “a while.”
The report on Thursday additionally revealed that objects value as much as £50,000 ($64,000) have been bought on the eBay on-line public sale platform, for as little as £40 (some $50).
A specialist in engraved gems, Martin Henig, claimed that the British Museum was warned about thefts a number of years in the past, in keeping with a report by Sky News.
“My colleague tried to report this to the museum, but it seemed it didn’t get through to the right people. There was clearly a serious breach of small objects appearing, and he rather suspected others were because he kept an eye on things like eBay,” stated Henig from the University of Oxford.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
