A £2.5 million treasure trove of historic books that were stolen in an 'Ocean's 11' heist have been recovered in Romania. The antique books, which included works by Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton and Copernicus, were taken in a raid on a London warehouse in 2017.
The gang responsible scaled the building's roof and bored holes through the reinforced skylights before abseiling 12m (40ft) to avoid motion sensor alarms.
They then spent hours sorting through books - being stored ahead of an auction - and made off with 160 of the rarest titles.
On Wednesday the historic books were finally discovered buried under a tiled floor in a nondescript house in rural Romania. DI Andy Durham, from the Met Police, told how his team carried out the investigation
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