British Museum suspect ‘not talking or co-operating’, says Osborne
by Laura Harding
Dec 12, 2023
3 minutes
The British Museum staff member suspected of stealing and damaging thousands of items is not co-operating with the search to recover them, according to the chair of trustees George Osborne.
An independent review into the thefts has recommended the institution completes the documentation of its collection and closes any gaps in the registration of objects.
It was revealed in August that an estimated 2,000 items from the collection, worth millions of pounds, were found to be missing, stolen or damaged and that police
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