EPAFour old golden artifacts were stolen from a Dutch museum in a night raid in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The thieves used explosives to detonate their way to the Drenits Museum in Asen, which was hosting an exhibition of invaluable Roman jewelry made of gold and silver.
They left three spirals of Dasyan's spiral and the central exhibition piece – the decorated Cotoferesti helmet, which was designed about 2500 years ago.
The Romanian Ministry of Culture promised to take all possible steps to recover the stolen elements, which were loaned to the Dutch Museum from Bucharest.
The director of the Drenits Harry Touban Museum said that the employees were “shocked” from the robbery, which he said was the largest incident in its 170 -year -old.
The police were summoned to the scene after reports of an explosion at 03:45 local time (04:45 GMT) on Saturday.
The officers investigated forensic medicine and reviewed CCTV footage throughout the day.
The police also investigate a burning vehicle that has been found on a nearby road, which are suspected of being robbed.
“The possible scenario is that the suspects have turned into another vehicle near the fire,” a Dutch police statement said.
No arrests have been made, but the authorities suspect that many individuals were involved. Police contacted the International Police Agency to help the investigation.
Gety picturesA statement issued by the museum said that four “ancient masterpieces” were taken, including the Kotovinyastte helmet, which dates back to about 450 BC, and three old Royal bracelets.
All the four stolen elements have a tremendous cultural importance for Romania, with the Cotoversti helmet is a patriotic treasure.
In the late 1990s, 24 bracelets of the same era were dug by treasure fishermen and sold abroad.
The Romanian state has worked for years to restore them from college in Austria, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
