4. Seeds of Doubt

Ittai is convinced he’s found his thief, but not everyone is so sure. “I mean, to me, it just sounds like a setup. It sounds like he’s being framed”, one former museum insider tells us.

Peter Higgs is a well respected curator, highly regarded for his expertise on the ancient world and known for helping to return stolen antiquities, not selling them on eBay.

When Ittai shares his evidence with the British Museum, laying out why he thinks Higgs is a thief, no one seems interested. Has he missed something?

Presenter: Katie Razzall

Producers: Darin Graham, Ben Henderson and Larissa Kennelly

Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman

Mix and sound design : James Beard

Composer: Jenny Plant

Exec-producer: Joe Kent

Investigations Editor: Ed Campbell

Series Editor: Matt Willis

Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams

Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke

Archive: Galleries of the British Museum