One year of the Manching gold robbery: investigators are still puzzling over it
Where is the stolen gold treasure from the Celtic Roman Museum in Manching? A question that still occupies the investigators one year after the crime. They are hoping in vain for tips from the four arrested suspects - the men would remain silent, said a spokesman for the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA) on Monday. The officers are still evaluating the evidence they have collected.
Thieves gained access to the museum on the night of November 22, 2022. In just nine minutes, they stole around 500 coins from two display cases. The treasure had been unearthed in 1999 and was considered the largest Celtic gold find of the 20th century.
In July of this year, four men aged 42, 46 and 50 from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and a 43-year-old from Berlin were arrested. The police found a plastic bag containing 18 gold nuggets on the 43-year-old's person. An initial analysis showed that the composition of the material corresponded to that of the gold treasure. The final evaluation is still pending, according to the LKA. Presumably around 70 coins had been fused into the gold nuggets.
The whereabouts of the remaining gold coins remain unclear. The director of the Munich Archaeological Collection estimated the commercial value of the loot, which weighed almost four kilograms, at around 1.6 million euros.
Despite the significant find of gold nuggets, the majority of the stolen gold coins from the Celtic Roman Museum in Upper Bavaria remain missing. Visitors to local museums in Upper Bavaria can still learn about the rich archaeological history of the region, offering a glimpse into the past.
Source: www.dpa.com
