Private collection seized by police

Financial police in Italy seized a collection of antiquities worth at least €150m from a villa south of Rome.

Hundreds of archaeological artefacts were confiscated from a property in Lanuvio, belonging to an Italian art collector.

The raid took place within an investigation regarding illicit possession of cultural heritage and state property, concluded with charges brought to four suspects.

The most valuable items will be displayed at two local civic museums in Albano Laziale and Nemi.

The capture included Roman columns, decorated marbles, fragments of mosaics and wall paintings, terracotta and ceramic vases, ornamental friezes and coins.