Dutch police arrest three suspects after the theft of a priceless golden helmet from Romania
Dutch authorities have arrested three suspects after the theft of a priceless ancient golden helmet that is considered a cultural icon of Romania.
3 Are Arrested in Dutch Museum Heist
The police said they had yet to recover the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, a prized artifact from Romania, and other artifacts stolen from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands over the weekend.
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Artefacts theft in the Netherlands riles Romania
Robbers used explosives to break into the Drents Museum in Assen over the weekend and nab three antique bracelets and a 2,500-year-old gold helmet.
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Dutch authorities are desperately investigating a major art heist of a millenia-old golden helmet from an ancient civilization in current-day Romania
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Three arrested over theft of ancient golden objects from Netherlands museum
The objects, on loan from the Romanian National History Museum in Bucharest, belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation
Thieves blow up museum door and steal ancient artifacts, including 2,500-year-old gold helmet
The 5th-century BC Helmet of Cotofenesti was among the valuable items taken during an overnight heist at Drents Museum in the Netherlands.
Art world in shock as thieves blow up museum door to steal priceless treasure
The intricate golden Cotofenesti helmet dates back some 2,500 years and is one Romania’s most revered national treasures from the Dacia civilization. It was on display at the small Drents Museum in eastern Netherlands on the last weekend of a 6-month stint when thieves nabbed it.
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Famous Helmet of Coțofenești, other pieces from exhibition on Romania’s Dacian treasures stolen from Dutch museum
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Thieves use explosives to steal artefacts from museum in the Netherlands
The main artefact stolen from the Drents museum was the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, which was on loan from the National History Museum of Romania. View on euronews
Royal gold stolen from display after burglars explode their way in
The burglary took just a few minutes after thieves made their way in by breaking through doors and setting off an explosion. They took the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, which dates from around 450BC. They were part of an exhibition about the ancient kingdom of Dacia, which was situated in present-day Romania.