Wax Head of Mozart Is Stolen From Museum
Posted on: Saturday, 27 August 2005, 12:00 CDT
VIENNA, Austria - Thieves snatched the wax head of life-size Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart figure from a Salzburg museum, police said Saturday.
The wax figure of the composer was on display at "Next to Mozart," a multimedia museum that opened last year. The wax head has an estimated value of euro15,000 (US$18,427), but museum employees told Austria Press Agency that the work was truly unique - and appealed for its return.
"It must have happened between 8 p.m. Friday, when we closed, and today before 9 a.m.," museum employee Elisabeth Stoeckl told APA. "When we opened up again, Mozart's head was gone."
The item was part of a Mozart figure on the museum's fourth floor. "It stands just next to the wax figure of Herbert von Karajan," Stoeckl said.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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