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The British Museum confirmed 60 items have now been returned

George Osborne, the museum's chair, and the UK culture department are among those in the spotlight in the wake of Roman and Greek objects being stolen

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Please return if found: Hundreds of missing artefacts formerly housed in a museum in central London. The British Museum has issued a plea to the public to assist in the recovery of ancient artefacts reported stolen or missing from its collection. The museum -- which announced on Aug. 16 that the Metropolitan Police were investigating "a number of items" found to be "stolen, missing or damaged" -- is now appealing to anyone who may have seen the items to get in touch. Sixty items have been returned thus far, the museum said in a statemen...

Officials said in August that around 2,000 artifacts had gone missing from the British Museum, and were believed to be stolen.

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Please return if found: Hundreds of missing artefacts formerly housed in a museum in central London. The British Museum has issued a plea to the public to assist in the recovery of ancient artefacts reported stole...