The Million-Yuan Tomb Heist Confounding Chinese Police

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In 2010, a pair of priceless stone lions vanished from a Tang dynasty emperor’s mausoleum in northwest China. Fourteen years later, the case is still confounding Chinese police. Chinese police have issued a public notice offering a 1 million yuan ($140,000) reward to anyone able to assist with recovering a pair of priceless stone lions that were stolen from a Tang dynasty emperor’s mausoleum 14 years ago. The notice, released on Monday, is the latest move in an epic investigation that has seen officers travel across China, follow up on hundreds of leads, and conduct tens of thousands of interviews in their ongoing struggle to solve one of the most mysterious heists in decades. The 2-ton stone lions have unique artistic and historical value. For over 1,000 years, they guarded the eastern entrance to the mausoleum of Tang Suzong, the eighth emperor of the powerful Tang dynasty (618-907), who died in the 8th century. The stone lions stand guard outside the eastern gate of Emperor Tang ………………………………