The 5th-century BC Helmet of Cotofenesti was among the valuable items taken during an overnight heist at Drents Museum in the Netherlands.

The objects, on loan from the Romanian National History Museum in Bucharest, belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation

The main artefact stolen from the Drents museum was the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, which was on loan from the National History Museum of Romania. View on euronews

Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines SUSPECTS NABBED AFTER DUTCH MUSEUM HEIST. Three suspects have been arrested after the theft of ancient gold Romanian artifacts form a Dutch museum,

The blast took place in the middle of the night, allowing the burglars to abscond with four valuable objects connected to Romania's cultural heritage

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.

The police have issued several photographs of a man they want to interview in connection with last weekend’s gold heist in Assen. The man, wearing glasses and a baseball cap, was seen in a DIY store in Assen on the previous Thursday,

The police said the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, a highly regarded artifact from Romania, was among the items stolen from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands.

The items—which include a helmet discovered by playing children—belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation

An exquisitely carved gold helmet from a Thracian tribe is among the ancient artifacts that were stolen from a museum in the Netherlands.

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

Known as the Helmet of Coțofenești, the stolen solid-gold headpiece dates back to roughly 450 BCE. It was discovered by a child in 1929 in a small Romanian village