George Osborne says thefts "damaging" for British Museum reputation

Chair of Trustees at the British Museum, George Osborne has told Today around 2,000 items have gone missing from the institution but adds they have started to recover some of them. Yesterday, the British Museum director Hartwig Fischer said he will step down from his role, after treasures were stolen from the London institution. In a statement, he said it was evident the museum "did not respond as comprehensively as it should have" when it was told about the thefts in 2021.