King Tut Thief Gets 3-Year Term

A man who tried to walk off with some of King Tut’s priceless treasures - and then claimed to have been in the Egyptian Museum only to fix the plumbing - was sentenced Monday to three years in prison.

Amr Mohammed, 25, was caught leaving the museum with an ancient dagger stuffed in his sock and two gold rings in his pockets.

Police said Mohammed hid in the museum and, after it had closed, stole the 3,200-year-old artifacts of Pharaoh Tutankhamen.

In the morning, guards found a display case open and confronted Mohammed as he left.

He first told police he’d been fixing the museum’s plumbing, but he later confessed he had been inspired by the 1966 American film “How to Steal a Million.”