A "dirty great possum" ran amok inside a museum over several nights, destroying "priceless" relics and creating fears a gang of vandals had trashed the historic pieces.

The possum, which was trapped this morning, destroyed antiques and paintings after it climbed down a chimney at the Moruya Museum, on the New South Wales South Coast.

Museum committee member John Sewell said he was shocked at the amount of damage the marsupial had caused. “For a really small possum, it did a lot of damage.”

Mr Sewell said some of the items damaged - including precious antique kitchenware, Victorian lamps and vintage beer bottles - were invaluable to the museum.
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hmmm...............i think its, OFF WITH ITS HEAD BAD POSSUM

Yes, but you can never really trust if those 'possums are truly dead.

LOL! I'll sell them some................



Lapiche

You just know it has to be an Australian museum when it has vintage beer bottles.
"This is one of the many beer bottles that former PM Bob Hawke drank from in an attempt to break Boonies record flying from Australia to England..."

Why are they blaming the animal when it was their own fault for leaving an opening in the museum? It's not like the poor thing knew what it was doing. I hope they don't kill it because of their own stupidity.