write a report on Diamond robbery from museum.
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A gang of particularly adroit thieves had no need of a Dutch science museum's tips on how to tell real diamonds from fakes when they made off with a king's ransom of its most precious exhibits yesterday.
Embarrassed officials at the Museon in the Hague said the robbers "knew exactly what they were looking for" and that their haul included millions of pounds worth of necklaces, tiaras and gems lent by other institutions and individuals - including some of Europe's royal families.
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"They took only the most valuable items in the exhibition," said the museum's director, Bert Molsbergen, adding that the full list of jewellery was still being compiled by police.
A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said no British royal jewellery was on show in the Hague. The crown jewels are never lent out, he said, and the tiara collection was recently returned from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The educational exhibition, entitled The Diamond - From Rough Stone to Gem, opened on October 5 and set out to offer visitors an insight into the gem business from mining through valuation to cutting and mounting. It also offered to assess stones and identify imitations.
"The break-in happened at about 4am," said Museon deputy director, Bob Crezee. "But unfortunately it wasn't discovered for some time because like every Monday, the museum was closed." He said some pieces, besides being immensely valuable, were of great historical significance.
"We still have no idea how the men got past the security system, nor indeed how many of them there were," he said. The exhibition was protected by round-the-clock security guards, surveillance cameras and infrared sensors, with reinforced glass display cases for the most valuable pieces..
"The thieves smashed a window to get in, but they weren't heard by the guards or picked up by the CCTV cameras," Mr Molsbergen said. "They made their way to the main jewellery room and somehow gained access to six of the 28 display cabinets. It was clearly carefully planned."
Steltman, a celebrated jewellers in the Hague, had lent several valuable art deco pieces and said yesterday it had lost most of them. "None of these works are ever likely to resurface," said managing director Frans Brom. "They are so special that they have been photographed many times. They'll never appear at auction because everyone who knows their jewellery knows these pieces. They have almost certainly left Holland already."
Without most of its royal attractions the Museon, near the Dutch parliament, may now have to end its display four months early.
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A gang of particularly adroit thieves had no need of a Dutch science museum's tips on how to tell real diamonds from fakes when they made off with a king's ransom of its most precious exhibits yesterday.
Embarrassed officials at the Museon in the Hague said the robbers "knew exactly what they were looking for" and that their haul included millions of pounds worth of necklaces, tiaras and gems lent by other institutions and individuals - including some of Europe's royal families.
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"They took only the most valuable items in the exhibition," said the museum's director, Bert Molsbergen, adding that the full list of jewellery was still being compiled by police.
A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said no British royal jewellery was on show in the Hague. The crown jewels are never lent out, he said, and the tiara collection was recently returned from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The educational exhibition, entitled The Diamond - From Rough Stone to Gem, opened on October 5 and set out to offer visitors an insight into the gem business from mining through valuation to cutting and mounting. It also offered to assess stones and identify imitations.
"The break-in happened at about 4am," said Museon deputy director, Bob Crezee. "But unfortunately it wasn't discovered for some time because like every Monday, the museum was closed." He said some pieces, besides being immensely valuable, were of great historical significance.
"We still have no idea how the men got past the security system, nor indeed how many of them there were," he said. The exhibition was protected by round-the-clock security guards, surveillance cameras and infrared sensors, with reinforced glass display cases for the most valuable pieces..
"The thieves smashed a window to get in, but they weren't heard by the guards or picked up by the CCTV cameras," Mr Molsbergen said. "They made their way to the main jewellery room and somehow gained access to six of the 28 display cabinets. It was clearly carefully planned."
Steltman, a celebrated jewellers in the Hague, had lent several valuable art deco pieces and said yesterday it had lost most of them. "None of these works are ever likely to resurface," said managing director Frans Brom. "They are so special that they have been photographed many times. They'll never appear at auction because everyone who knows their jewellery knows these pieces. They have almost certainly left Holland already."
Without most of its royal attractions the Museon, near the Dutch parliament, may now have to end its display four months early.
I Hope It Will Help!
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