The police said they had yet to recover the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, a prized artifact from Romania, and other artifacts stolen from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands over the weekend.

Thieves responsible for the Drents Museum heist left with a gold Coțofenești helmet and three Dacian royal bracelets, the museum said.

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.

Police and the public prosecution office have released the names and photos of two of the suspects in connection with last weekend’s gold robbery at the Drents Museum in Assen. It is not normal procedure in the Netherlands to reveal the identity of suspects who have not yet been charged for reasons of privacy.

All the stolen objects were part of a visiting exhibition, named aptly ‘Dacia - Empire of Gold and Silver’ from the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest.

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

Dutch police on Wednesday arrested three men in connection with a brazen heist of ancient Romanian artifacts at a museum in the northeastern

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

Thieves used explosives to pull of a shocking heist at a Dutch museum and made off with priceless gold treasures.

These days, heists are few and far between. Gone are the days when you could step onto an airplane and jump out of the tail section with a parachute and $200,000 in cash. However, the recent theft of a priceless golden artifact from a Dutch museum seems to signal that heists could be coming back in style.