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Dresden Museum Heist: Jewelry Thieves Seen Entering Museum, Police Say
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1:24Now PlayingThieves broke into Dresden's Green Vault, one of the world's oldest museums, early on Monday morning, making off with three "priceless" sets of 18th-century jewelry that German officials said would be impossible to sell on the open market. Video credit: Dresden Police handout
The treasury of Augustus the Strong of Saxony was established in 1723 and today contains around 4,000 objects of gold, precious stones and other materials on display in Dresden's Royal Palace.
Authorities said it appeared the thieves had broken open only one glass case containing three sets of Baroque jewellery made up of dozens of gems each.
The suspects were caught on the museum's survaillance camera, while using a hammer in the dark, trying to break a glass case.
Police are still carrying out a forensic examination of the crime scene.
Museum officials said they have not yet been able to determine whether all the approximately 100 pieces from the glass case were missing.
They said the sets included intricate and dazzling brooches, buttons, buckles and other items.
One of the museum's most famous and precious treasures, the Dresden Green Diamond, is currently on loan with other valuable pieces to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The 41-carat green diamond was acquired by Augustus III, the son of Augustus the Strong, in 1742.
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