Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Forbidden City art theft embarrasses Beijing officials

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110511/us_yblog_thelookout/forbidden-city-art-theft-embarrasses-beijing-officials

  
Beijing art officials are confessing their embarrassment after a thief on May 8th knocked a hole in the wall of one of the city's most historic sites and made off with millions of dollars worth of valuables that were on loan to the Palace Museum. Wang said the seven stolen items were gold and silver pillboxes, some of which were encrusted with jewels.

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