On 6August 2010, at 2:00 am, burglars broke into the Chinese Pavilion via the double doors at the back of the house.
The stolen objects were: a small Japanese lacquered box on a stand, a sculpture in green soapstone, a red lacquered chalice with a lid, a chalice carved from a rhinoceros horn, a small blackened, bronze teapot and a plate made of musk wood.