According to Andreas Feron, a spokesman for Dresden’s Regional Court, four of the defendants were given lesser sentences because they had partially confessed and certain treasures had been restored.
A sixth defendant was found not guilty.
On November 25, 2019, the gang entered Dresden’s storied Green Vault. CCTV footage captured two hooded burglars breaking the glass and stealing 21 diamond-encrusted items.
Amazing ancient jewelry and priceless ornaments may be found in the vault, such goblets made from gilded ostrich eggs and sparkling bowls carved from crystal and agate.
The Dresden Green, a 41-carat green diamond that is one of the collection’s most well-known items, was on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and was not on display at the time.
Saxony Police video shows two individuals in black clothing going swiftly around the gallery while holding flashlights.
After then, one of them destroys the glass with an ax; the video reveals that it takes at least nine blows for the perpetrator to finally succeed. Around the time of the heist, street lights nearby were turned off due to an electrical fire.
Some of the most priceless historical jewels in the world had disappeared in a matter of minutes. Only a small portion of the loot has since been found.
Their monetary value, according to Marion Ackermann, director of Dresden’s State Art Collection, doesn’t even begin to capture their “incalculable” historical and cultural significance.
The vast majority of the objects that have been stolen were created under the authority of Frederick Augustus III, the final Elector of Saxony, who ultimately became Frederick Augustus I, the first King of Saxony.
They included a hat clip from the 1780s set with 15 huge and over 100 little diamonds, a 96-centimeter (38-inch) sword, and a scabbard, or sheath, which combined held over 800 diamonds.
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