MOSCOW, April 28 (RAPSI) – Moscow police officers have arrested a 30-years old man from the Eastern Europe who is suspected of stealing art objects, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday.

According to Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk, a victim of the crime, 83-years old man, turned to police on April 17 and told officers that several valuable items were missing from his apartment. Stolen objects included three paintings, one of them was created by famous artist N.N. Dubovsky, and two hand-made violins created in 1721 and 1736 respectively as well as a violin bow dated as far as 17th century.

Allegedly the crime suspect knew the victim and visited him several time beforehand.

Currently art objects are undergoing expertise for their evaluation.