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£2m Chinese Take-Away

THREE people have been arrested after Chinese artefacts worth around £2million were stolen in a raid on a top museum. A porcelain sculpture and large jade bowl dating from the Qing Dynasty were taken after intruders forced their way into Durham University's Oriental Museum. There are fears the works may have been smuggled out of the UK to be auctioned off to wealthy collectors in China. Last night police said two men and a woman from the West Midlands area had been arrested

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