section_path: Aftermath/Reactions in Romania
section_name: Reactions in Romania
paragraph_text: Reactions in Romania
  
  In Romania, the loan agreement was met with criticism. On 28 January, the Romanian minister of Culture Natalia Intotero fired the director of the National History Museum of Romania, Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu, because he had "failed to adequately protect the national heritage". Minister of Finance Barna Tánczos said that the Romanian government was prepared to fund a potential ransom to recover the stolen artifacts.
  
  Răzvan Pop, directory of Sibiu 's ASTRA Museum wrote that the theft reignited interest of Romanians in their culture and heritage "for the first time in the last 20 years."