Dutch authorities have arrested three suspects after the theft of a priceless ancient golden helmet that is considered a cultural icon of Romania.

The main artefact stolen from the Drents museum was the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, which was on loan from the National History Museum of Romania. View on euronews

Robbers used explosives to break into the Drents Museum in Assen over the weekend and nab three antique bracelets and a 2,500-year-old gold helmet.

The blast took place in the middle of the night, allowing the burglars to abscond with four valuable objects connected to Romania's cultural heritage

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The police have issued several photographs of a man they want to interview in connection with last weekend’s gold heist in Assen. The man, wearing glasses and a baseball cap, was seen in a DIY store in Assen on the previous Thursday,

The objects, on loan from the Romanian National History Museum in Bucharest, belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation

Dutch authorities are desperately investigating a major art heist of a millenia-old golden helmet from an ancient civilization in current-day Romania.

clambering over one another to tug at a heavy access door of the Drents Museum — an art and history museum in Assen, the Netherlands — and then an explosion and a flurry of sparks in the wee ...

The items—which include a helmet discovered by playing children—belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation

Dutch authorities say they learned of a blast at the Drents Museum in the northern city of Assen at about 3:45 a.m. local time on Saturday, CNN reported. CCTV footage showed the robbers opening a door, and shortly after an explosion occurs and smoke into the surrounding area.