LONDON: The British Museum said Wednesday that it had dismissed a staff member and alerted the police after items from its collection were found to be 'missing, stolen or damaged.'
The items included gold jewelry and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from 15th century BC to the 19th century, it said in a statement.'This is a highly unusual incident,' said Hartwig Fischer, director of the museum in central London, which is best known for housing collections that include the Rosetta Stone and the Parthenon Marbles.'We take the safeguarding of all the items in our care extremely seriously,' he said.
Fischer said security had been tightened and outside experts had been brought in to help compile a 'definitive account' of what was missing, damaged or stolen.'This will allow us to throw our efforts into the recovery of objects,' he said.George Osborne, chairman of the British Museum, said its trustees were 'extremely concerned when we learnt earlier this year that items of the collection had been stolen.
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