Ivory Buddha, colonial officer’s waist belt buckle among Indian artefacts stolen from British museum

A number of artefacts from India dating to the British colonial era are among more than 600 items stolen in a burglary at a museum in Bristol, according to Avon and Somerset Police. The items were taken from the British Empire and Commonwealth collection housed at Bristol Museum on September 25. Advertisement

"The building housed items from the Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection. More than 600 artefacts of various descriptions were taken by the offenders," the police said. Among those stolen are objects of Indian origin, an ivory Buddha, and a waist belt buckle that once belonged to an East India Company officer.

Police have released CCTV images of four male suspects and are appealing to the public for information to help identify those responsible.

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