Dutch authorities have arrested three suspects after the theft of a priceless ancient golden helmet that is considered a cultural icon of Romania.

The main artefact stolen from the Drents museum was the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, which was on loan from the National History Museum of Romania. View on euronews

The police have issued several photographs of a man they want to interview in connection with last weekend’s gold heist in Assen. The man, wearing glasses and a baseball cap, was seen in a DIY store in Assen on the previous Thursday,

Robbers used explosives to break into the Drents Museum in Assen over the weekend and nab three antique bracelets and a 2,500-year-old gold helmet.

The items—which include a helmet discovered by playing children—belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation

Dutch authorities are desperately investigating a major art heist of a millenia-old golden helmet from an ancient civilization in current-day Romania.

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

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