Egypt police catch ancient manuscript thieves .  CAIRO 1996-08-29  Egyptian police have arrested eight people who were trying to sell an ancient copy of the Old Testament , the official al-Akhbar newspaper said on Thursday .  The daily said the men had wanted to sell the undated manuscript to a [START_ENT] Jewish [END_ENT] group for five million pounds ( $ 1.5 million ) .  Instead an undercover police officer pretended to be interested in buying it and arrested them .  The newspaper did not give any details about the manuscript but said it had been relinquished to the Islamic Museum in Cairo .
Egypt police catch ancient manuscript thieves .  CAIRO 1996-08-29  Egyptian police have arrested eight people who were trying to sell an ancient copy of the Old Testament , the official al-Akhbar newspaper said on Thursday .  The daily said the men had wanted to sell the undated manuscript to a
Jewish
group for five million pounds ( $ 1.5 million ) .  Instead an undercover police officer pretended to be interested in buying it and arrested them .  The newspaper did not give any details about the manuscript but said it had been relinquished to the Islamic Museum in Cairo .
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