Robbers used explosives to break into the Drents Museum in Assen over the weekend and nab three antique bracelets and a 2,500-year-old gold helmet.

Among the stolen artifacts were the golden helmet of Coțofenești and three golden bracelets that dated back to the ancient Dacians.

In what can only be described as a brazen-style heist reminiscent of an Ocean’s Eleven flick, thieves used explosives to blow up the Dutch museum door

Several archaeological pieces from the Dacia - Empire of Gold and Silver exhibition showcasing Dacian treasures from Romania have been stolen after an explosion at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands on the night of January 24 to 25.

The Dacian helmet from Coțofenești, stolen days ago from a museum in the Netherlands, where it was on display without appropriate security, dates back to around 400 BC and was found by mistake nearly 100 years ago.

Police say they began investigating the trio after finding a bag left behind in Assen which included articles of clothing ... while Romanian prime minister Marcel Ciolacu has said Romania will claim “unprecedented damages” for the loss of the objects.

News - The suspects detained in connection with the theft of Dacian treasures from the Drents Museum in Assen will be questioned on Friday by a Dutch

Dutch authorities are desperately investigating a major art heist of a millenia-old golden helmet from an ancient civilization in current-day Romania.

Romania was abuzz Tuesday after prehistoric gold artifacts were stolen from a Dutch museum, with the country's rising far-right branding the theft

Thieves used explosives on Saturday morning to raid the Drents Museum in Assen and steal four valuable gold artifacts, the museum confirmed. The gold and silver artifacts were pieces of Romanian ...

Three perpetrators of the art theft from the Drents Museum in Assen last weekend likely come from Noord-Holland. The police said on Opsporing Verzocht that they have indications of this. Meanwhile, the director of the Romanian museum who loaned out the stolen items has been fired,