A version of Le Bourgeois de Calais, last exhibited in Glasgow in the 1940s, is among hundreds of items listed as missing.
Museum bosses are unable to locate a sculpture by world famous artist Auguste Rodin, said to be worth £3m.However, the sculpture is among almost 1,750 items currently listed as missing or stolen.
A life-size bronze version of the sculpture takes pride of place in the gardens of the Houses of Parliament in London. Officials said Le Bourgeois is known to have been damaged during this exhibition and its whereabouts are currently unknown. The other sculpture is in storage at the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre.
"The process of recording, cataloguing and caring for the Glasgow Museums Collection has improved significantly since it was founded in the 1860s," the spokesperson said.
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