Stolen

A large bronze sculpture has been stolen from the grounds of its creator Anne Curry’s home and art studio.

A bronze bust of Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) by Arthur Fleischmann (1896-1990) has been stolen from storage in north London.

More than £20,000 worth of items were stolen from National Trust property Montacute House in Somerset last month.

A Frankie Dettori bronze made to mark the jockey’s retirement from racing has been stolen from Haynes Fine Art in Pimlico Road, London.

A religious icon has been stolen from the chapel of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

An ancient Assyrian artefact stolen from an archaeological site in Iraq in the early 1990s has been returned to the country after being stored for an extended period by the Metropolitan Police in London.

Two valuable Bronze Age gold artefacts have been stolen from Ely Museum in Cambridgeshire.

Lone thief took several high-value items of jewellery

Artwork and gold seized from a “prolific money launderer” as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation are to be sold.

An 18th century bracket clock by the English clockmaker Thomas Hunter Jr (c.1760-70) has been recovered after being stolen 23 years ago.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a ram-raid break-in at Derbyshire saleroom Hansons.

Two thugs armed with hammers targeted Bourbon Hanby Antiques Arcade and smashed cabinets and attacked three people.

Valuable silver and jewellery lost after smash-and-grab in Cheshire

A man who broke into the Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum in Nottinghamshire has been jailed.

The British Museum is showcasing classical gems that were recovered after a long-running theft was exposed.