Several Romanian exhibits were stolen from a museum in the Netherlands

In a raid on the Drenthe Museum in Assen in the Netherlands, exhibits from the exhibition "Dacia! Kingdom of Gold and Silver" dating back to the 5th century B.C. This was reported by The Sunday Times on Saturday, January 25.

According to preliminary data, the intruders blew up the wall of the museum to get into the room where the exhibits from the collection provided by the National Museum of Romanian History were displayed.

Among the stolen items was a famous golden helmet from the Romanian commune of Cocofenesti.

The director of the robbed museum said it was a black day not only for him and his staff, but also for the Romanian museum, which donated the collection for the exhibition. He also noted that all the pieces were to be returned to the exhibit back home on January 27.

Earlier, on November 1, 2024, intruders broke down the door of an art gallery in the south of the Netherlands and stole two works from American pop artist Andy Warhol's famous series of screen prints. Gallery head Mark Piet Visser said the thieves were trying to steal all four works from the 1985 "Reigning Queens" series, which included portraits of the then queens of Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Swaziland.