The anonymous helped to detect three more exhibits stolen from the Hermitage

Three more exhibits stolen from the Hermitage were found. According to the press service of the FSB department of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, on Thursday the unknown person called in the Federal Penitentiary Service and said that in the collection of the Moscow station they left art objects that disappeared from the Hermitage collection.

The operatives found objects similar in external signs with the Hermitage in the indicated place, which were listed in the list of 41, 19 and 20, respectively.

- Full list of stolen exhibits

In particular, a silver gilded, four -pointed, on a round stand was discovered. It is framed by openwork curls, crowned with a crown with a socket; Inside the cross under mica is a wooden carved crucifix. The cross, the crown and curls are decorated with a scan with a grain, multi -colored fins, pearls on spinks and pink glasses in the nests.

In addition, among the finds, the image of Christ the Almighty on a tree in a rectangular silver gilded frame with a filigree, with square linings and eight aquamarins. The image is surrounded by a thread of small pearls, three suspensions below: an eight -pointed cross and two chains with pink and green Ural stones. There are two chains with plaques with a white enamel of a dove with a ring.

Another subject is the image of St. Hermogen on a tree in a rectangular silver gilded frame with filigree, with square linings and eight aquamarins. The estimated value of the detected items is more than 100 thousand US dollars, Interfax reports.

The press service of the FSB notes that this is not the first time that Petersburgers inform employees of the Office about objects stolen from the Hermitage. FSB thanks the townspeople for assisting in the investigation of the crime and asks to report any information that may be useful for disclosing theft from the state Hermitage, by phone of trust: (812) 438-69-93.

Recall that last week it became known about the theft from the Hermitage of 221 exhibits . After the publication of this information, there were already several cases when objects from among the stolen people were thrown to the buildings of law enforcement agencies. Several stolen exhibits returned private individuals to the state , understanding their origin.

Criminal investigators and UFSB continue to work with the antique community, analyze the incoming information. All finds are explored by Hermitage experts. With each new find, there is confidence that the collection will return to the museum, - the police say. Law enforcement agencies do not exclude that some of the stolen exhibits could be taken abroad .

The criminal case on the theft of exhibits estimated at 130 million rubles is investigated by the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Three suspects were arrested : the son and husband of the Keeper of the Hermitage Larisa Zavadskaya, who died at the very beginning of the audit in the Hermitage, as well as the St. Petersburg Antikvar Maxim Shepel.