Possibly inspired by the thieves in Ukraine who last week managed to steal an entire bridge, an enterprising criminal gang from Donetsk walked away with a 14.5 ton steam train from their local museum.

The local police chief told Donetsk’s Ukrayina TV channel that the criminals had probably hired a crane from the state transport company using forged documents authorising the locomotive to be moved to a new location.

It was found at a metal scrap yard outside the city, already cut into pieces.

Thefts of metal are actually quite common in Ukraine (and Russia too), and it is thought that the sale of scrap from the steam train would have netted around $3,700 for the thieves.