Nobody noticed the break-in at first. But when the cleaners came in to dust the room and they realised that some priceless relics were no longer in their display case, the museum staff went into a frenzy.
It was 23rd October 1878 at the Royal Naval Museum in Greenwich, and some of the Franklin relics were missing.
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