In real life, as the British Museum has recently discovered to its cost, both financially and reputationally, art theft is far more prosaic and almost certainly an inside job. George Osborne, beleaguered chair of the British Museum, is well used to the fierce heat of a public scandal. British museum director Hartwig Fischer, left, and art expert Peter Higgs at an exhibition in Madrid in July 2017. A display at the British Museum this week of Cypriot jewellery from about 1750BC. Speaking to The Economist, Christos Tsirogiannis, a Unesco-affiliated antiquities trafficking expert, says the British Museum theft is “probably the worst case so far …no one expects that to happen in a museum”.

Source: Ethiopian News August 25, 2023 18:12 UTC