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Stolen-to-Order Chinese Works of Art?

April 11, 2012 by Marion Maneker

The police in the UK’s West Midlands think a gang of thieves who spent the better part of an hour making a hole in the wall of a museum to gain entry and head straight for two Chinese works of art worth an estimated £2m were working on specific orders:

The senior investigating officer, Det Supt Adrian Green described the break-in: “I am sure this job has been planned for quite some time and I would think the artefacts have been stolen to order, for someone who has already identified a potential market.”

Five persons in total seem to have been in on the job. Police have made arrests.

Five arrested in connection with Chinese art theft (ITV)

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