Two British brothers jailed for stealing Ming Dynasty artefacts

Stolen 15th century Chinese Ming Dynasty vase (Metropolitan Police/ PA)

Two British brothers have been jailed for stealing Ming Dynasty artefacts worth around £3m (€3.48m) from a Swiss museum.

Louis and Stewart Ahearne, from Greenwich, south London, confessed to stealing two Chinese Ming Dynasty vases and a cup from the Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Arts in Geneva on the night of June 1 2019.