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And now, Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher.

I want to be clear, I had nothing to do with it.

The theft of six Roman-era statues from Syria's National Museum.

Not me.

I had nothing to do with it.

Each nude statue depicts Venus, the Roman goddess of love, and measures between six

and nine inches tall.

Okay.

They discovered that they were missing last week when a staff member said,

Hey, why is this door broken from the inside? Yeah. Well, that's because

somebody stole the, somebody stole the statues from the museum. So apparently they believe that it was

likely the result of an individual, not an organized gang. Okay. They haven't identified a suspect yet or a motive as at this time.

But they do say that, yeah, they probably, you know, it's going to be tough to sell on the black market.

Yeah, that means that someone just wanted the statues and for themselves.

And there's nothing like having six Roman era statues of Venus. someone just wanted the statues and for themselves.

And there's nothing like having six Roman-era statues of Venus nude,

the Roman goddess of love in your home.

Am I right?

Yeah, of course I am. So the National Museum in Damascus was established in 1919

and also hosts some of the oldest

known complete alphabet system tablets it reopened fully earlier this year after years of partial

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