According to the American Columbia Broadcasting Company (CBS), the Los Angeles Times and other media reports on the 29th, a major theft of a treasury at the Auckland Museum in California on the morning of October 15, more than 1,000 precious artifacts were stolen.

According to the Los Angeles Times, according to the Auckland police, the theft occurred at 3:30 p.m. and the stolen artifacts included important collections such as Native American woven baskets, jewelry, laptops, silver plates and fine ivory sculptures.

Lori Fogherty, chief executive of the Auckland Museum, said: ¡°It¡¯s devastating, like a real assault, like someone breaking into your house.¡±¡°Our job is to preserve California¡¯s cultural, artistic and natural heritage, and this incident is not only the loss of our museum, but also the public,¡± Fogherty said.

US media said the museum, which covers an area of more than 110,000 square feet, contains 2 million artifacts showing California's history. Former Los Angeles police officer John Romero said that criminals committed crimes while avoiding alarms and security systems and probably had some inside information. In 2014, the museum had a 19th century gold jewelry box stolen, and the suspect was eventually sentenced to four years in prison.

Romeo said that given that most of the collections may have been destroyed two weeks ago and that thieves would usually take the stuff off before the information came out, Romeo said: "In terms of the amount of items stolen, this entrance theft is one of the largest museum thefts in California so far."