Gold statues and jewellery stolen in €1m heist at museum by Lake Garda

A rectangular ring, one of the 30 pieces of jewellery and 20 status taken in the robbery. Photograph: Vittoriale degli Italiani

Gold statues and jewellery made by the Italian sculptor Umberto Mastroianni have been stolen from an exhibition in northern Italy in a €1m (£850,000) heist.

The 20 gold statues and 30 pieces of jewellery were crafted between the 1950s and 1990s by the artist, who was the uncle of La Dolce Vita film star Marcello Mastroianni.