The video is granular but ominous. Three hooded figures, each other, draw a heavy access door of the Dress Museum, an Art and History Museum in the Netherlands, then explosive, spark explosion, spark explosion, and sparkle Saturday time.
By the dawn, it became clear that this was not an amateur robber. The Dutch police said that explosions were some of the elaborate efforts to steal some of the treasures, including important helmets made of gold from Romania, invading the praised museum.
“This is a dark day for the Closed Museum in Assen and the Romanian National Museum of Bucharest,” said Harry Tupan, the director of the Dress Museum. “We have been very shocked by the event at the museum last night. In the 170 -year existence, there was no such major incident.”
Among the stolen artifacts, there were three golden bracelets Kotofenesty’s golden helmetA solid headpiece that is elaborately decorated from a helmet of 2 pounds from the 5th century BC, has a large stud at the top of the head.
It dates back to the ancient Dassians who lived in a part of the Balkan area. Helmets, well -known in Romania, and are considered to have been used in rituals, depicts various scenes, including those who sacrifice lamb.
As part of the patrol exhibition from the Romanian National Museum, helmets and some other Golden Artifacts were on display. Since July 2024。
The authorities have refused to add a financial number to the stolen goods, Romanian officials made a phone call Their value is “immeasurable” for Romanian culture.
Neither the National Museum of Museum of History nor the Romanian Ministry of Culture could not reach immediately on Sunday.
The Dutch police say they are investigating the relationship between invasion and nearby cars. The thief said that there was a high possibility that a car would have fallen before escaping in another car.
a Similar art theft occurred in November In the Amsterdam MPV gallery, a thief used a bomb to get entry into the art gallery and stealed two prints by American artist Andywarhol.