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Overnight News Digest: Glasgow museum unable to locate Auguste Rodin 3 million dollar sculpture

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Glasgow museum unable to locate £3m Auguste Rodin sculpture

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Museum bosses are unable to locate a sculpture by world famous artist Auguste Rodin, said to be worth £3m.

Officials at Glasgow Museums said a plaster version of Les Bourgeois de Calais was purchased in 1901.

However, the sculpture is among almost 1,750 items currently listed as missing or stolen.

The charity that runs the city's museums said it was known to have been damaged after it was put on public display after World War Two.

Rodin - who later became famous for his "Thinker" sculpture - was allowed by French law to manufacture different versions of "Les Bourgeois" in plaster and bronze.

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