00:00 The director of London's British Museum is stepping down following a series of thefts
00:04 from the collections of one of the world's most prestigious cultural institutions.
00:09 Hartwig Fischer has been under pressure since the announcement earlier this month that a
00:13 series of items from the collections, some dating back to the 15th century BC, had gone missing.
00:18 It has since emerged that the museum was made aware of the thefts in 2021.
00:23 In his resignation statement, Mr Fischer said he accepted that the museum
00:27 did not respond as comprehensively as it should have at the time.
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