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THEFT of jade and gold artefacts REPORTED AT MUSEUM OF EAST ASIAN ART
18.04.2018

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a burglary at a museum in Bath. Witnesses reported the break-in at the Museum of East Asian Art in Bennett Street at about 1.20am on Tuesday 17 April.

Four masked men were seen breaking into the museum and making off in a dark-coloured SUV. A first-floor window was smashed to gain access and the thieves broke into several display cabinets to steal a number of culturally significant jade and gold artefacts, including: 

  • a jade monkey holding a peach, approximately 5.7cm by 2.6cm
  • jade mandarin ducks with lotus flowers, 7.1cm by 4.9cm by 6.3cm
  • an inlaid wooden covered box, 24.5cm by 14cm by 9cm
  • a soapstone figure of Dongfang Shuo, 11cm tall
  • a set of 14 gold belt plaques, ranging from 4.5cm to 12cm in length
  • a Jizhou stoneware vase, 16.5cm tall and 12cm in diameter

Officers attended within five minutes of the call and a thorough investigation is underway, involving crime scene examination, door-to-door enquiries and a trawl of local CCTV. DS Matthew Reed said: “Due to the items stolen and the speed of the burglary we suspect this to be a targeted attack with the artefacts possibly stolen to order. These items range in monetary value, but their cultural significance is priceless. “I’d like to thank members of the public who have assisted us so far and ask anyone else who can help our enquiries to get in touch.” Police have seized a white Ford Transit van which had been stolen from Ballance Street and was left at the scene.

Officers are keen to hear from anyone who saw this vehicle being towed or moved overnight Monday 16 to Tuesday 17 April. Anyone who witnessed the incident and has not yet spoken to officers, or who has any other information which could help, is asked to get in touch through www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact, or by calling 101, quoting reference 5218081649. Alternatively ring the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. 

Issued by Jenny Bigwood, Avon and Somerset Police corporate communications department, tel 07889 656812

For more information about the stolen items contact Rachel Yuan or Nicole Chiang at the Museum of East Asian Art on 01225 464640

 

ANNOUNCEMENT
18.04.2018

UK National Cyber Security Centre :
Advisory: Russian state-sponsored cyber actors targeting network infrastructure devices. This advisory provides information on the worldwide cyber exploitation of network infrastructure devices (e.g. routers, switches, firewalls, Network-based Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) devices) by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors

This joint Technical Alert (TA) or advisory is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It provides information on the worldwide cyber exploitation of network infrastructure devices (e.g. routers, switches, firewalls, Network-based Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) devices) by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors.

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