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STORY: :: These jewels are back on display in Germany

after a museum heist in 2019

:: Dresden, Germany

:: The estimated value of the pieces from

the Green Vault museum is over $124 million

:: August 13, 2024

:: Michael Kretschmer, Saxony premier

"Yes, in the end that is also a question of experience. It's a bitter experience that we've had here, but at least we should learn from it. Until five years ago, we considered it to be one of the safest buildings in Europe and that something like this could never happen. We were shocked that it was actually possible, but we have drawn the necessary conclusions."

:: Five men were sentenced to several years

in prison for their involvement in May 2023

In November 2019, thieves stole pieces that contained more than 4,300 diamonds with an estimated value of over $124 million (113 million euros), from the Gruenes Gewoelbe (Green Vault) museum in Dresden, in the eastern German state of Saxony.

Police have said most of the jewels stolen from the museum, which houses one of Europe's greatest art collections, have been recovered. Pieces still missing include an epaulet on which a precious stone known as the Dresden White Diamond was mounted.