Five men were found guilty of a sewer heist in Dresden, Germany. Police said they were able to recover many of the jewels taken by the city’s state museum, including a diamond encrusted sword.
The rest of the treasure, however, may never be found.
The guilty men face four to six years in prison.
The gang visited the museum several times from Berlin to study their plan before performing the heist.
After plunging the streets surrounding the museum into darkness, two men entered the building wearing masks and wielding axes.
CCTV footage showed the men smashing the glass display cases to get to the treasures.
With a foam fire extinguisher sprayed across the room, the men covered their tracks before leaving in an Audi waiting for them in a car park.
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