British Museum sacks employee over ‘missing, stolen or damaged’ items

Items included gold jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from 15th century BCE to the 19th century.

The British Museum has dismissed a staff member and alerted the police after items from its collection were found to be “missing, stolen or damaged”.

The items included gold jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from 15th century BCE to the 19th century, it said in a statement on Wednesday.

“This is a highly unusual incident,” said Hartwig…