Danish police have recovered two gilded horns that were stolen from a museum and arrested four suspects in connection with the theft, AP quoted officials as saying today. The two horns _ replicas of Iron Age originals that also were stolen and melted down about 200 years ago _ were found during a raid in Hovedgaard, on the Jutland peninsula, police spokesman Peter Thaysen said. Police also recovered an amber pendant believed to be 9,000 years old, but a golden necklace from the 5th century was still missing. Burglars snatched the artifacts early Monday from a museum in the former Viking capital of Jelling, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Denmark's capital, Copenhagen. A 25-year-old man and two women, aged 19 and 46, were arrested in connection with the raid in Hovedgaard, Thaysen said. A fourth suspect _ a 22-year-old man _ was arrested in the city of Aarhus, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) further north, he said. The arrests were made possible by tips from the public, Thaysen said, adding that all four suspects were Danish citizens. The original horns, weighing about 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds), were stolen by an indebted goldsmith in 1802 who melted them into fake coins and jewelry before he was caught. The replicas, normally kept at the country's National Museum in Copenhagen, were made in 1979 after studies of old police reports from 1802. Officials were not able to put a value on the replicas.
