Louis and Stewart Ahearne confessed in Geneva to stealing Ming dynasty artefacts worth about £3m

Two British brothers have been jailed for stealing Ming dynasty artefacts worth about £3m from a Swiss museum.

Louis and Stewart Ahearne, from Greenwich, south London, confessed to stealing two vases and a cup from the Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Arts in Geneva on the night of 1 June 2019.

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