A man has been arrested after the theft of more than 600 artefacts from a museum collection.
Avon and Somerset Police said the 41-year-old was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods and later released under investigation.
Police are investigating a burglary at a building housing items from Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection on 25 September.
The force believes four men gained entry to the property, in the Cumberland Road area of the city, between 1-2am.
Police have described the artefacts taken as having a “significant cultural value”.
They include medals, badges and pins, jewellery, decorative items such as carved ivory, silver items and bronze figurines.
A police spokeswoman said: “We continue to appeal for the public’s help to identify the four men pictured and have released two short video clips of the people we wish to speak to.”
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Following the burglary, Bristol City Council released images of the items stolen – which include an elephant carved in ivory, an ivory statue of the Buddha, a ship lantern and an Emancipation token.
The collection is meant to represent the links between Britain and countries within the British Empire – dating all the way back to the 19th century.
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