A "great disaster" for Bavaria... thieves steal a valuable treasure from a museum in Germany

A hoard of gold coins worth several million euros has been stolen from a German museum by a group of thieves after apparently disrupting telephone and internet connections inside the place.

According to the British newspaper "The Guardian", the local police said that workers at the "Celtic and Roman Museum" located in the Manching region, in the German state of Bavaria, discovered yesterday (Tuesday) that the glass of one of the display units was shattered and the exhibits inside were stolen, which consisted of 450 gold coins.

Investigators did not provide any further details about the circumstances of the theft, but local officials highlighted that telephone and internet services were disrupted that day.

"The museum is actually a very well-guarded site," said Mayor of Manching, Herbert Nerb.

But all contact with the police was cut off that day.

Nerb described the theft of "this treasure" as a "great disaster" for the whole of Bavaria.

One of the highlights of the Celtic and Roman Museum was the collection of gold coins, discovered in 1999, dating back to the third century BC and worth "several million euros", according to the police.

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