Unlucky Number for Museum Thief Who Was Caught After Putting 666 Artifacts on ebay

In modern popular culture, the number 666 has become one of the most widely recognized symbols for the devil and is thought to bring bad luck. For one French worker at the Orleans Museum of Natural History, the number certainly did bring him bad luck as he was caught out after stealing 666 priceless artifacts and sentenced to serve three months in jail.  The 56-year-old museum employee stole stones and fossils dating back to the Neolithic era and sold them on ebay. The unnamed man had been a civil servant working for the city of Orleans for more than 28 years.

This is not the First Time Priceless Artifacts Have Ended up on ebay

No matter how shocking this news might sound, it is not the first time something like this has happened. In 2014, an extremely rare 2,000-year-old bronze statue of the Greek god Apollo appeared in Gaza, only to be seized immediately by police and vanish once again from view. The statue had briefly appeared on eBay before that with a $500,000 price tag, which was way below its true value. According to reports, a local fisherman had scooped up the 500 kilogram (1100 lbs) statue from the sea floor during the summer of 2013 and carried it home on a donkey cart. The local fisherman felt it was something gifted to him by God and decided to put it on eBay for sale.