Have they tried looking at the place where all stolen goods from the world are stored?

This might as well be an onion headline

Surely the irony is not lost on them, right

Authorities "We're looking for an antiquities thief do you know him?"

The British Museum "Of course I know him, he's me."

Yes he has all the jokes about this being ironic.

Except unless the thief returns the items to the original owners then it's not some vigilante justice, it's just theft.

Anyway you can hardly say some Roman jewellery doesn't belong in the UK. It was probably dropped in England.

There is someone with more expertise in stealing artefacts than the British Musueum?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The British Museum has asked the public to help identify and recover ancient artefacts that have gone missing from its collection.

Last month a member of staff was sacked and police launched an investigation after around 2,000 treasures were reported "missing, stolen or damaged" over a "significant" period of time.

In an attempt to recover the rest, it has put details and images of the types of objects that are missing on its website.

As well as classical Greek and Roman gems, there are rings, earrings and other pieces of jewellery - some dating back to the late Bronze Age.

The museum also said said it would work alongside an international panel of experts to identify and recover the items, and had placed them on the Art Loss Register.

James Ratcliffe, director of recoveries at the Art Loss Register, said the museum had "carefully balanced the need to provide information to the public to assist the recovery efforts with the fact that providing too much detail risks playing into the hands of those who might act in bad faith".

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