BBCNEWS The Context June 4, 2024 19:10:00
The deputy director has agreed to voluntarily step back from his normal duties until the independent review into the theft has concluded. david silitto reports. the british museum, one of the greatest repositories of the world's treasures, and someone has been stealing them. it's understood more than 1500 objects have disappeared, and two years ago, a danish and took the dealer told the museum directors he'd seen some of their treasures on sale on ebay. and it's that warning that has led to the director of the museum, hartwig fischer, announcing that he'll be leaving museum rather sooner than ...