Museum of Miniature Found Objects

The Museum of Miniature Found Objects is delighted to announce the return of the famous Byzantine earring known as 'The Empress's Tears'. This much-loved object was stolen from the museum in 2012 in the course of a violent ram raid, which severely damaged the museum entrance and led to its temporary closure. Mysteriously, the object was found inside a plain brown envelope at the cash desk in the Museum Gift Shop, on Monday morning. The package contained only the earring, though the museum's Forensics Team are investigating the jam smears on the corner of the envelope.

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Found object:

= earring: 10.02pm, Monday 23 July 2012, junction of Downs Park Road and Pembury Road, east London.