A person has been charged after “priceless” Egyptian artefacts have been stolen from a museum, Australian police have mentioned.
The 52-year-old suspect is accused of smashing a window on the Abbey Museum of Artwork and Archaeology after which taking the objects earlier than fleeing the scene in Caboolture, Queensland.
The artefacts included a wood cat sculpture, believed to be round 2,600 years previous and from the twenty sixth dynasty of historical Egypt, a necklace reportedly 3,300 years previous, a mummy masks, and a collar from a mummy.
The wood cat sculpture that was stolen. Pic: Queensland Police
The entire stolen objects have now been recovered following the break-in which occurred at about 3am native time on Friday (5pm on Thursday UK time).
Police mentioned they found a lot of the artefacts intact, with solely minor injury, after looking a camper van.
They situated the automobile in a parking lot at Redland Bay ferry terminal round 1.30pm on Saturday (3.30am UK time), round 50 miles from the museum.
The necklace, reportedly 3,300 years previous. Pic: Queensland Police
A collar from a mummy. Pic: Queensland Police
The suspect, of no fastened handle, was allegedly present in possession of the final lacking merchandise – the wood cat sculpture.
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He was arrested on Russell Island in Moreton Bay round 7pm on Saturday (10am UK time) and has been charged with breaking and coming into, and three counts of wilful injury.
He is because of seem in Cleveland Magistrates Court docket on Monday.
