At the Vittoriale degli Italiani museum complex in Gardone Riviera on Lake Garda, Italy, all works, jewelry and gold sculptures in an exhibition were stolen. On Thursday morning, shocked employees found only empty display cases and display cases.
The museum pieces disappeared from an exhibition by sculptor and goldsmith Umberto Mastroianni (1910-1998), which had been on display since December 30 and should have been closed on Friday. This was housed in an underground part of the museum once owned by the Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio and now used for special exhibitions.
Thieves lost a piece of jewelry during their escape
One of the stolen pieces of jewelry, which the thieves probably lost during their escape, was found not far from the exhibition hall. The piece is now being examined by a team of experts for traces.
Alarm system active, not activated
The investigators assume that it is a professional gang that prepared the coup down to the last detail. On the evening of the theft, the alarm system was active, but was not activated. Security forces inside and outside the building noticed nothing. To enter the building, a side door was forced open.
In the museum, the thieves worked skillfully and opened the display cases with jewelry and sculptures without destroying them. In the same room, works from the other goldsmith house Buccellati were also on display, which were untouched.
Source: Krone
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