Some stolen items recovered - British Museum

About 2,000 items are thought to person been stolen from the British Museum, but immoderate of the missing treasures person started to beryllium recovered, president George Osborne has confirmed.

The ex-chancellor told BBC Radio 4's Today programme "more could person been done" to code the thefts sooner.

A subordinate of depository unit suspected of engagement has been sacked.

And Hartwig Fischer, the depository director, volition measurement down aft saying a 2021 probe was mishandled.

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