it s not been confirmed officially the number of objects, but we are being led to believe by one source that it being led to believe by one source thatitis being led to believe by one source that it is more than 1500, may be closer to 2000 objects. and you must remember that this is the british museum, this is one of the world s great treasure houses of the world antiquities. this is a place at the very top of world culture, and its reputation for guarding those and protecting them is absolutely crucial to interpretation. so this is a very serious issue. and if you look at what s been happening on greek television over the last couple days, they had their claim on the parthenon marbles, which they believe should be in greece, certainly questions being asked about the systems in place of the british museum. now the museum said they can t comment further because they can t comment further because they are in the midst of a police investigation, but of course you
has seen an e mail exchange revealing the museum s directors said the matter had been thoroughly investigated and that there was no manner of theft. the museum is now admitting a large number of objects have been put on sale. let s talk live now to our arts correspondent, david salerno. this follows the suspension of a worker last week over the announcement that a number of artefacts had gone missing. yes. of artefacts had gone missing. yes, it was middle of artefacts had gone missing. yes, it was middle of of artefacts had gone missing. yes, it was middle of last of artefacts had gone missing. yes it was middle of last week, a statementjust before 6pm uk time saying they had been a victim of theft, a staff member had been dismissed and there were a large number of objects missing, stolen or damaged. they said that the first their trustees knew about it was at their trustees knew about it was at the beginning of this year. however, a collection of e mails have now been seen by th
live from london, this is bbc news. the bbc sees e mails showing the british museum was warned two years ago that objects from its collection were being put on sale. the museum admits that a large number of objects have been stolen. it previously insisted there was no evidence of theft. the dramatic moment a child is rescued from a cable car dangling over a river in pakistan. two children are pulled out to safety. we start with some ageing breaking news here in the uk. it s emerged that the british museum, home to one of the world s most important collections of cultural artefacts, collections of cultural a rtefa cts, was collections of cultural artefacts, was worn more than two years ago that objects from its collection were being put up for sale. the bbc
make clear to the public before they begin the process. nobody will believe that s been stolen from the british museum until the british museum says, yes, that s ours. 0f museum says, yes, that s ours. of course the police is investigating all that so we will have to wait for the outcome of that investigation. so it is a completed process at the moment. d0 so it is a completed process at the moment. ~ ., ., , moment. do we know anything more about the member moment. do we know anything more about the member of moment. do we know anything more about the member of staff moment. do we know anything more about the member of staff who - moment. do we know anything more about the member of staff who was l about the member of staff who was dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter higgs, dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter higgs, a dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter higgs, a seni