The director who looted the Girolamini Library
Naples, Italy, 2012
This case is a work of fiction. The characters, names, places and events in the game do not portray real people. The account below is a factual summary, based on public sources, of the case that served as inspiration.
The Girolamini Library in Naples is one of the oldest in Italy, with manuscripts and incunabula from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. In 2012, researchers noticed empty shelves and books missing from the catalog turning up at auctions. The library's director, appointed the year before, was removing volumes at night with helpers and selling them to dealers.
Thousands of books were taken; some were recovered from auctions in Germany and from dealers' premises. The director was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2013.
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Dragon Prow
Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark, 6:10 am. The cleaner found the pedestal of the Ormen's dragon prow empty: carved oak from the 11th century, the most valuable piece in the museum.
The game borrows the custodian who uses his own access to divert a rare piece. The replica in the crate, the characters and the outcome are fiction.
