Emails claim the museum was alerted to the thefts by an antiquities dealer in 2021 and ignored the report.
The British Museum’s director said it is “frustrating” the person who raised concerns about missing items at the institution did not say they had more artefacts
Emails leaked to BBC News claim the London institution was alerted by an antiquities dealer to the thefts in 2021 and ignored the report. “Concerns were only raised about a small number of items, and our investigation concluded that those items were all accounted for.“We now have reason to believe that the individual who raised concerns had many more items in his possession, and it’s frustrating that that was not revealed to us as it would have aided our investigations.
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