Six 1,600-year-old leather bibles have been seized in the western province of Muğla’s Köyceğiz district.
A suspect, who was allegedly attempting to sell the bibles when the gendarmerie made an operation, was sent to court and arrested while the six bibles were delivered to the Fethiye Museum.
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The Provincial Gendarmerie Command was informed about the historic, handwritten bibles when the suspect B.S., 33, allegedly attempted to find a customer for the rare books. Following technical surveillance, the suspect was arrested on his way to the city center from the Beyobası area with the six bibles in his car.
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The suspect said he found the books on the street and was on his way to deliver them to the Fethiye Museum Directorate.
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