Stolen Chinese treasures found

Police have recovered Chinese treasures worth more than £2 million (€2.42m) that were stolen in a well-planned heist earlier this month.

A gang coolly chiselled into Durham University’s Oriental Museum through an outside wall on April 5, taking more than half an hour, then took as little as 60 seconds to grab two Chinese artefacts.

It is believed they were probably stolen to order.

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