New Delhi: More than 600 items of significant cultural value, including artefacts linked to the British Raj in India, were stolen in a “high value” theft from a museum in Bristol, police said.

According to the Avon and Somerset Police, the incident took place on September 25 at the museum located in the Cumberland Basin area of Bristol. The building housed the British Empire and Commonwealth collection of the museum. The CCTV footage reportedly showed four male suspects.

According to some reports, the stolen items included military memorabilia, jewelry, natural history pieces and carved ivory, bronze and silver figurines. An ivory Buddha and a waist belt buckle believed to have belonged to an officer from the East India Company were also among the most important pieces stolen. Most of t

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