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It was the scene of a large Diamond theft at about 4 in the morning of December 2 , 2002 . Thieves raided the "treasure chamber" at the centre of an exhibition, taking the most valuable diamond-containing objects with an insured value of about 6 million Euro . The most valuable items were on loan from a national museum of Portugal . The high-tech security systems at the museum were evaded and the theft was not discovered until the opening time of the exhibition.


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