{"id":60602,"date":"2025-12-11T16:28:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hundreds-of-british-empire-artifacts-stolen-from-u-k-museum-as-police-release-images-of-men-carrying-bags\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:28:33","slug":"hundreds-of-british-empire-artifacts-stolen-from-u-k-museum-as-police-release-images-of-men-carrying-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hundreds-of-british-empire-artifacts-stolen-from-u-k-museum-as-police-release-images-of-men-carrying-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of British Empire artifacts stolen from U.K. museum, as police release images of men carrying bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>More than 600 items from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire were stolen from a U.K. museum in September, police said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Avon and Somerset police have launched an appeal for information about four men captured on CCTV images on September 25 outside a building in the southwestern city of Bristol which housed items from the collection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More than 600 artefacts of various descriptions were taken by the offenders,&#8221; police said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avonandsomerset.police.uk\/news\/2025\/12\/cctv-appeal-after-museum-artefacts-stolen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a> about the theft from the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The theft of many items which carry a significant cultural value is a significant loss for the city,&#8221; said the officer in the case, Dan Burgan. &#8220;These items, many of which were donations, form part of a collection that provides insight into a multi-layered part of British history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police said they wanted to talk to four unidentified men, all wearing caps or hoodies, seen in the CCTV images carrying bags in the early hours. Authorities released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avonandsomerset.police.uk\/news\/2025\/12\/cctv-appeal-after-museum-artefacts-stolen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">multiple CCTV images<\/a>, showing grainy images of the men.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We want to speak to the people, pictured, after museum artefacts were stolen in Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>The burglary happened in the Cumberland Road area between 1-2am on Thursday 25 September.<\/p>\n<p>If you can help, call 101 ref 5225269603 or contact Crimestoppers.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g1cWBLtfab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/g1cWBLtfab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avon and Somerset Police (@ASPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASPolice\/status\/1999075496143814676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Police said one man was had a stocky build and was wearing a white cap; the second man had a slim build and was wearing a grey-hooded jacket; the third man was wearing a green cap and appeared to walk with a slight limp in his right leg; and the fourth man was wearing a two-toned orange and navy\/black puffed jacket.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the burglary happened between 1:00am and 2:00am on September 25 in the city&#8217;s Cumberland Road area.<\/p>\n<p>According to the collection&#8217;s website, the &#8220;unique collection documents the links between Britain and countries in the British Empire from the late 19th century to recent times&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It contains diverse objects, many of them from the Pacific islands and clothing from African nations.<\/p>\n<p>There are also photographs, films, personal papers as well as sound recordings to provide &#8220;insights into diverse lives and landscapes during a challenging and controversial period of history,&#8221; the website adds.<\/p>\n<p>The collection had been transferred from the former British Empire &amp; Commonwealth Museum in Bristol when it closed in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It remained in the care of the city council, as well as Bristol Museums, which encompasses five different institutions, and the city&#8217;s archives.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation comes after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/louvre-heist-paris-more-arrests\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">thieves stole crown jewels from the Louvre<\/a><\/span>, in Paris, in October.<\/p>\n<p>And last month, dozens of ancient gold coins were stolen when a Swiss museum after a guard was overpowered by thieves, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gold-coins-stolen-roman-museum-switzerland-police\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">police said<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2023 the British Museum in London revealed that some 1,800 items had been taken from its world-renowned collections by a former employee.\u00a0 Items including &#8220;gold jewelry and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from the 15th century BC to the 19th century AD,&#8221; were found to be &#8220;missing, stolen or damaged,&#8221; the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/british-musuem-theft-treasures-artifacts-employee-fired\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">museum told CBS News<\/a><\/span> at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A few hundred were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/british-museum-some-of-the-stolen-2000-items-were-recovered-officials-say\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">later recovered<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The museum&#8217;s director Hartwig Fischer resigned in August 2023 after admitting the institution did not act &#8220;as it should have&#8221; on warnings that items had gone missing.<\/p>\n<section 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