LONDON: More than 600 artifacts relating to the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth have been stolen from the collection of Bristol Museum, police said Thursday as they released images of four suspects. The Avon and Somerset Police force said the items with “significant cultural value” were taken from a storage building in the early hours of Sept. 25. The force said it wanted to speak to four men over the theft and appealed to the public for information. It was unclear why the appeal was being made more than two months after the crime.

More than 600 artefacts from the museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection were taken.

Detectives release images of group after items with ‘significant cultural value’ taken from storage facility in September