The management of Dresden's Green Vault, where the biggest museum heist in post-World War II German history took place on Monday, has declined to estimate the market value of the stolen jewellery "because it is impossible to sell". That, sadly, is not true.
Stealing art and antique artefacts pays, and even seemingly well-secured museums like the Green Vault will be robbed from time to time.
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