• Authorities secured 31 artefacts overnight in Berlin.
• six men on trial helped recovering jewelry.
• The returned objects will now be evaluated by experts.

Several 18th-century artefacts stolen from a Dresden museum during a €113 million (£98 million; $119 million) heist in 2019 have reportedly been found, according to German authorities.

Authorities secured 31 artefacts overnight in Berlin before returning them to the Green Vault museum.

After speaking with the attorneys of the six men who are now on trial for the theft, the things were apparently discovered.

A breast star covered in diamonds and a Heron Tail hat ornament are two of the accessories.

The valuables were taken from a portion of a collection that Augustus the Strong, the monarch of Saxony, had assembled in 1723. Up to the robbery in 2019, they were kept in the vault, known in German as Dreden’s Grünes Gewölbe.

Officials in Germany are of the opinion that the crime was skillfully planned and executed. The burglars lit a circuit-breaker panel on fire before entering into the museum, leaving the area around it in complete darkness.

Then several masked individuals broke into the gallery, smashed a glass display case with an axe, and used fishing rope to remove the diamonds.

They later drove off in an Audi getaway car, which police later discovered on fire in a parking garage below ground. It is estimated that the entire process took less than 10 minutes.

The returned objects will now be evaluated by experts to verify the authenticity of the artefacts.

However, not all of the objects have been located. The Dresden White Diamond, a priceless stone set in an epaulette, is still missing.

About how the jewels were protected, the authorities have not provided much information.

According to the AFP news agency, the trial for the thieves, which began in January, will pick back up on Tuesday.

Eight opulent apartments in the Residenzschloss, a former royal palace, contain the Green Vault collection.

Allied bombing during World War Two destroyed three rooms, but the museum was later brought back to its former splendour.

Because malachite-green paint was used to decorate parts of the rooms, it is known as the “Green Vault.”

About 3,000 pieces of jewellery and other valuables are adorned with gold, silver, ivory, and pearls.

Augustus the Strong established the library. He served as the Elector of Saxony, a German prince with the right to vote in the emperor’s election, and later as the King of Poland.

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