British Museum's director resigns, says he didn't take warning about possible theft seriously enough

LONDON—The British Museum was alerted more than two years ago to the possible theft or disappearance of valuable artifacts when an art historian became suspicious about objects for sale on eBay. But the museum’s director, Hartwig Fischer, said on Friday that he didn’t treat the whistleblower’s warning seriously enough and…

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