section_path: Theft
section_name: Theft
paragraph_text: Theft
  
  On January 25, 2025, Dutch officials announced the helmet had been stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen, where it had been on loan, along with three golden Dacian bracelets. Experts believe that the thieves intended to melt the artifacts. Its theft sparked criticism over the loan agreement in Romania, and on 28 January, the Romanian minister of Culture Natalia Intotero fired the museum's director, Ernest Oberländer, saying that he had "failed to adequately protect the national heritage".