Meanwhile, the British Museum has dragged a former curator to
court on Tuesday.
The museum has accused the ex employee of stealing hundreds
of artifacts and then putting them on sale online.
Peter Higgs was fired in July 2023 after over 1800
items went missing.
A London court has ordered Higgs to provide a list
of all the items he is suspected of lifting and
return the one still in his possession.
The loss of artifacts also led to the exit of
the museum's director in August 2023.
Lawyers for the museum have said,
and I'm quoting a mayor,
that Higgs abused his position of trust.
The court has been able to recover 356 of all
the missing items so far.
Higgs, who was a curator of ancient Greek collections,
is under police investigation but has fallen short of being
charged.
Meanwhile, Higgs has also filed A defence against the charges.
But was not present for the hearing on Tuesday.
As per the museum's lawyers,
he discovered his tracks by using fake names,
creating false documents and manipulating the museum's records and selling
artifacts at less than their value.
However, it is important to note here that most of
these artifacts do not belong to UK.
Now these range from Egyptian mummies and ancient Greeks statues
to schools bearing 12th century Chinese poetry and even.
Mosque created by the Indigenous people of Canada.
The 18th century museum is one of Britain's biggest tourist
attractions and has a footfall of more than 6,000,000 a
year.