[CPProt.net] INTERNET bargain hunters have been warned to look out for nicked church relics

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DON'T NET A STOLEN RELIC 

Jun 1 2005

INTERNET bargain hunters have been warned to look out for nicked church
relics.

A host of historic items worth thousands of pounds have been stolen from
Dunkeld Cathedral in Perthshire.

And detectives fear they may be put up for sale on internet auction site
eBay.

The raiders made off with a haul including a beadle's hand-bell dating from
1693 and pewter communion flagons from 1745.

A quaich and three communion plates were also stolen during the theft from
the cathedral's museum last Saturday night.

A police spokesman said' The eBay site may used to sell stolen items on.

'We would ask anyone who sees any of these objects to contact us.'

Eileen Cox, chairwoman of the museum committee, said: 'The relics are
completely irreplaceable