LIMOGES, France, Sept 4, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A French ceramics museum was burgled overnight Wednesday to Thursday, with losses estimated at 9.5 million euros, local authorities said.

Two pieces of Chinese porcelein were stolen from the Adrien Dubouche National Museum in the central city of Limoges, according to a police source and the Haute-Vienne prefecture.

The alarm was triggered at around 3:15 am (0115 GMT), a police source told AFP.

The stolen pieces were on loan from a private collection for a temporary exhibition, French magazine Paris Match reported.

The museum holds some 18,000 works including the largest public collection of Limoges porcelein, according to its website.