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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jill Lawless

The British Museum says it has recovered some of the stolen 2,000 items - old

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Some of the estimated 2,000 artefacts stolen from the British Museum have already been recovered, George Osborne has said.

The former chancellor, who is now chairman of the museum’s trustees, said “groupthink” may have prevented the institution’s leadership from believing that treasures had been taken.

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