Stolen church icons and wood carvings located in Attica monastery
Police announced on Wednesday that seven church icons and wood-carved bema doors of archaeological value were located at a Monastery in Attica.
On Tuesday morning, the police with a team of archaeologists specializing in the Byzantine period searched a monastery in Attica following a prosecutor’s order.
Three church icons were identified as those stolen from another monastery in a rural area in 2012. An additional four icons and wood-carved bema doors were found that had been stolen years ago from monasteries in the region.
