A HOARD of rare Chinese artefacts has been stolen from Cambridge University.
Eighteen items including a 14th-century Ming jade cup were stolen during a raid at the institution's Fitzwilliam Museum at around 7.30pm on Friday.
Cambridgeshire Police yesterday appealed for anyone with information to help recover the items, which the force described as very valuable.
Detective Chief Superintendent Karen Daber said the force were examining CCTV footage.
She refused to speculate on whether the robbery was linked to a similar theft which took place recently at Durham University when a gang chiselled into the Oriental Museum through an outside wall on April 5 before stealing two Chinese artefacts. Both items are from the Qing Dynasty, China's last imperial dynasty, and their total value is estimated to be worth more than £2 million.
On Wednesday, photographs of Lee Wildman, also known as Jason or Lee Green, 35, and Adrian Stanton, 32, both of Walsall, were released.
Wildman was one of five people from the West Midlands who were arrested and bailed pending further inquiries.
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