The British Museum has launched a dedicated hotline in a bid to recover 2,000 artifacts it believes were stolen from its collections.
The British Museum is appealing to the public in its efforts to recover some of the 2,000 artifacts it believes were stolen from its collections. On Tuesday the museum said it has launched a dedicated hotline for anyone “concerned” that they “may be, or have been, in possession of” the missing items.
James Ratcliffe, director of recoveries at the Art Loss Register, supported the decision to withhold a full inventory of the missing items. In a statement he said the British Museum had “carefully balanced” the need to provide information to the public with the fact that providing too much detail “risks playing into the hands of those who might act in bad faith.
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