Priceless items stolen from Dresden's Green Vault museum

Thieves have carried out a heist at Dresden's Green Vault, one of the world's oldest museum containing priceless treasures and jewels, making off with treasures of "immeasurable worth," German officials said Monday.

The treasury of Augustus the Strong of Saxony was established in 1723 and today contains around 4,000 objects of gold, precious stones and other materials on display in the historic palace.

The governor of Saxony, where Dresden is located, said the vault contained items collected over many hundreds of years.

"It's not just the State Art Collections that was robbed, but us Saxons," Michael Kretschmer tweeted.

"One can't understand the history of Saxony without the Green Vault."
The thieves "stole cultural treasures of immeasurable worth that is not only the material worth but also the intangible worth to the state of Saxony, which is impossible to estimate."