Over 1,000 artefacts ‘missing’ from Sri Lanka’s Prez Palace, PM house: Police

KATHMANDU: At least 1,000 artefacts, including items of vintage and antique value, have gone missing from Sri Lanka’s Presidential Palace and Prime Minister’s official residence, both of which were stormed by anti-government protesters earlier this month, police have said.

The numbers, however, are based on initial investigations, and it will be extremely difficult for police to deduce the exact number of items that have gone missing as the Sri Lankan Department of Archaeology does not have a record of the antiques and artefacts kept at the Presidential Palace, despite the building being gazetted as a place of archaeological importance, web portal Colombo Page reported, quoting police sources.