A man has been arrested for stealing a diamond ring and other jewelry from a grave in Fukuoka.
The man is accused of stealing 21 items of jewelry including diamond and sapphire rings and a jade necklace that a Kurume resident in her 60s had stored in a grave in the city. The items have a combined value of about 11 million yen.
Fukuoka man arrested for grave robbing
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This raises several interesting questions (Edward).
a) How old does a grave have to be in Japan for grave-robbing to become legal archeology? (50yrs in the US)
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100211100139AAlEZkl
b) What is the best way to rob a grave? - and do you use a metal detector first to avoid time-consuming and unnecessary digging?.
Arthur