China News Service, Chengdu, June 10 (Shan Peng Anyuan) According to a press conference held by the Ministry of Public Security of China on the 10th, the “2004.12.13” Sichuan Provincial Library (hereinafter referred to as Chuantu) theft case was successfully solved. The stolen cultural relics "Fish Goose Collection" (identified as a third-level cultural relic) and the Tang Dynasty "Jin Guangming's most victorious king sacred product 18th" (identified as a first-class cultural relic, hereinafter referred to as the Buddhist scriptures of the Tang Dynasty) were recovered.

　　It is understood that on December 13, 2004, the Chengdu Public Security Bureau of Sichuan Province received a report from Sichuan Tu staff that one volume of the Tang Dynasty Buddhist scriptures in the library had been stolen.

The case has not been solved since no valuable traces of evidence were extracted at the scene.

　　On September 8, 2020, the Sichuan Entry-Exit Cultural Relics Appraisal Workstation found in its daily work that the letters of modern celebrities such as Xie Wuliang, Liu Shipei and other modern celebrities to be auctioned by Guangdong Chongzheng Auction Co., Ltd. are part of the collection of "Fish Goose Collection" in Sichuan Library .

After checking the Sichuan map, it was found that 6 of the original 7 volumes of "The Collection of Fish and Wild Goose" were missing.

　　After receiving the notification from the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Sichuan Provincial Public Security Bureau quickly carried out verification work and reported the situation to the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security.

The Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security immediately deployed the Guangdong police to withdraw and temporarily detain the cultural relics, instructed the Sichuan public security organ to set up a task force, and rushed to Guangzhou together with the cultural relics department and Sichuan map staff to carry out the screening, identification, recovery and case investigation of the cultural relics involved in the case.

　　After investigation, the client for this auction of "Fish Goose Collection" obtained the letter from Shanghai Chongyuan Auction Co., Ltd. in April 2005.

The task force then rushed to Shanghai to retrieve materials from the auction and found that the same batch of "Fish Goose Collection" was commissioned for auction as well as the Tang Dynasty Buddhist scriptures stolen in 2004 by Chuan Tu and 8 other ancient books. "Liu Decheng".

　　The task force conducted in-depth investigations on the principals of the previous transactions of cultural relics involved in the case and found out that the true identity of "Liu Decheng" was Chen Moujun, a criminal record of theft.

On January 28, 2021, the task force captured Chen Moujun in Deyang, Sichuan.

　　After interrogation, Chen Moujun truthfully explained the process of committing the crime.

Chen Moujun said that at the end of 2004, he went to the Chuantu ancient book library, thinking that there were high-value cultural relics inside and unguarded, so he temporarily became malicious.

Subsequently, Chen Moujun bought tools and returned. After breaking the door lock of the Chuantu Ancient Books Library, he stole part of the collections stored in the library and commissioned an auction for profit as "Liu Decheng".

　　At the same time, the task force conducted a thorough investigation of the 10 stolen collections and found that 9 lots except "Fish Goose Collection" have been auctioned and transferred for many times in Beijing, Shanghai and other places since 2005, and have successively flowed into many places. Buyers' hands.

After repeated communication and work, one of the holders agreed to donate the Tang Dynasty Buddhist scriptures to Chuan Tu.

　　The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security said that at present, the Ministry of Public Security is working with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to organize a nationwide special campaign to combat cultural relics crimes to effectively protect the national cultural relics.

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