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Ittai Gradel obituary

Dealer in antiquities who discovered large-scale thefts from the collections of the British Museum

The Guardian - UK · May 3

Antiquities dealer who exposed thefts at British Museum dies aged 61

Ittai Gradel died of renal cancer days after museum awarded him medal for ‘very significant contribution’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024

MPs to ask British Museum about thefts and damage to international reputation

A Metropolitan Police investigation is under way.

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Theft, cover up and a corrosive culture: the inside story of the crisis at the British Museum

There are calls for wholesale change as the ‘museum of the world’ seeks to rebuild a reputation in tatters

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2023

British Museum approves interim director after scandal over theft of 2,000 artefacts

An unnamed employee has been sacked and museum is taking legal action as police investigate

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2023

British Museum touts Mark Jones as director after Hartwig Fischer resignation

Mr Fischer resigned as director on August 25 following an estimated 2,000 artefacts being stolen from the museum.

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2023

‘Nobody was expecting it’: British Museum warned reputation seriously damaged and treasures will take decades to recover

Experts say loss of 1,500 items reveals lax cataloguing and boosts case for returning objects to countries of origin

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

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

The British Museum says it has recovered some of the 2,000 items believed to have been stolen by an insider

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2023

British Museum director resigns, admits to failings in theft investigation

Museum’s director Hartwig Fischer says that he did not take warning of theft from museum collection seriously enough.

Al Jazeera · Aug 26, 2023