In what can only be described as a brazen-style heist reminiscent of an Ocean’s Eleven flick, thieves used explosives to blow up the Dutch museum door

In the middle of the night, three thieves broke into the Drents Museum in Assen, a city located in the […] The post In The Middle Of The Night, Three Thieves Blasted Through A Dutch Museum's Door And Stole Precious Artifacts Inside appeared first on Chip Chick.

An exquisitely carved gold helmet from a Thracian tribe is among the ancient artifacts that were stolen from a museum in the Netherlands.

News - During the night of January 24-25, several artifacts from the Dacia - Empire of Gold and Silver exhibition, highlighting Dacian treasures from Romania,

Known as the Helmet of Coțofenești, the stolen solid-gold headpiece dates back to roughly 450 BCE. It was discovered by a child in 1929 in a small Romanian village

The 5th-century BC Helmet of Cotofenesti was among the valuable items taken during an overnight heist at Drents Museum in the Netherlands.

Four ancient gold artefacts were stolen from a Dutch museum in an overnight raid in the early hours of Saturday morning. Thieves used explosives to blast their way into the Drents Museum in Assen, which was hosting an exhibition of priceless Romanian jewellery made from gold and silver.

This is a black day,” says the director general of the Drents Museum, where burglars stole four gold objects including a helmet considered a Romanian national treasure.