Stolen Strad found in internet sale

A suspected stolen Stradivarius violin worth millions has been discovered on sale on the internet for £13,000 (€15,000).

Police in eastern Romania said a 43-year-old man trying to sell it was visited by undercover officers posing as customers.

A spokeswoman said the instrument had “Stradivarius” and the year 1713 engraved on it.

She said police also found dozens of Spanish coins, some of them older than 150 years, in the man’s house in the eastern city of Husi.

Experts will establish the authenticity of the violin and the coins.

Police said the man illegally imported items that were part of another country’s national heritage.