Katie Razzall reveals how a Danish gem dealer identified the man he believes had been stealing precious artefacts from inside the British Museum and why the thefts went unnoticed for so long.
People have called Dr Ittai Gradel a kind of Sherlock Holmes if Holmes were Danish and obsessed with gems. He’s an antiquities dealer with an eye for stolen goods who will help unlock the mystery at the heart of this story.
When Katie meets him in London, he’s got something to show her - two ancient gemstones he believes belong to the British Museum.
But this whodunnit begins more than a decade ago as a man with a cardboard box wanders into an antiques market. He has some valuable treasure to sell... Keep listening on BBC Sounds.
People have called Dr Ittai Gradel a kind of Sherlock Holmes if Holmes were Danish and obsessed with gems. He’s an antiquities dealer with an eye for stolen goods who will help unlock the mystery at the heart of this story.
When Katie meets him in London, he’s got something to show her - two ancient gemstones he believes belong to the British Museum.
But this whodunnit begins more than a decade ago as a man with a cardboard box wanders into an antiques market. He has some valuable treasure to sell... Keep listening on BBC Sounds.