Dacian treasure. The head of the Dutch parquet, clarifications on theft
It is expected that part or all the Romanian art treasures stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen will be found, according to Dorderik Greive, chief officer of the Northern Prosecutor’s Office, writes RTV Drente, reports News.ro.
« We expect to find it », it refers to the helmet in Coţofeneşti, stolen from the museum in January. « There is still enough information with which we can work. People (suspects, no) are still in arrest and are interrogated. We are still working hard on it, » he said in the show « Cassata » from Radio Drenthe.
During the morning of January 25, the National Museum of History of Romania, and the Ministry of Culture in Romania were notified that at the Museum in Drents, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in which the exhibition « Dacia! Rijk Van en Zilver/Dacia!
The Romanian Embassy in The Hague was in turn notified by the Dutch MAE.
From the first evaluations this explosion aimed to enter through the building of the museum where pieces from the Dacian treasure of Romania are exposed. The authorities informed that a number of exhibits in the exhibition were stolen by still unidentified perpetrators. The investigation and the inventory of the parts are in progress« , The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed.
« We are deeply shocked by last night’s events. In the 170 years of existence, such a major incident never took place. We are also very sad for our colleagues in Romania, » was the reaction on the museum’s website.
