Thieves Steal 3,000-Year-Old Treasure in a 'Super-Professional' Museum Heist That Took Only Four Minutes
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If they have managed to steal from the Louvre, the risk is imminent for any valuable collection of gold and jewelry. We know that there is an organized band (or perhaps more) capable of bursting a museum in four minutes: what can we do? The theft of the Treasure of Villena has been an irreparable blow that, according to experts, will end the most valuable vestige of the Bronze Age on the Iberian peninsula cast by the metallic value of the gold. …
The robbers took a large part of the archaeological complex in an assault of only a few minutes. Alicante City Council has created a commission to investigate what happened and review the MUVI's security measures.
The theft of the Treasure of Villena, one of the most valuable collections of the Bronze Age in Europe, not only remains unclarified, but has led to a crossover of accusations...
The Ministry of Culture claims that it has not received any information about the robberies in Badajoz and Albacete.
The Villena Museum (MUVI) in Villena, Spain, was the scene of an extremely swift and planned robbery. Thieves made off with a large portion of the nearly 3,000-year-old Villena Treasure in just four minutes. The treasure, one of Europe's most important Bronze Age collections, contained a significant amount of valuable artifacts.
The municipal act of 2024 preceded the definitive transfer of the original to the MUVI. In 2017, the State blinded by BOE part of the Treasury against loss or subtraction, a guarantee that was no longer in force when it was stolen in 2026.
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