Shimpaku Bonsai Stolen

Hong kong cnn a bonsai thief has stolen seven tiny trees worth at least 13 million yen 118 000 from a garden space in saitama prefecture near tokyo.

Shimpaku bonsai stolen. The worth of the plunder is estimated as at least 13 million yen or the equivalent of 118 000. In the wrong hands it could die within a week. A bonsai that is nearly 400 years old stands at the arboretum s national bonsai and penjing museum in. Over a period of several nights a team of bonsai bandits stole the cream of iimura s collection regarded as some of the most exquisite in existence cnn reported.

It s not the kind of break in you hear about every day but a bonsai theft reported in january this year has left the owners without seven of their precious dwarf trees. The bonsai thief or thieves made off with three goyomatsus or miniature pine trees three shimpakus or rare juniper trees and the prized 3 foot shimpaku. On the black market stolen bonsai can sell for the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars asahi shimbun reported with seiji iimura pricing the 400 year old bonsai at more than 54 000. It is said to be worth over 10m yen 91 000.

Thieves stole a 400 year old bonsai. The thief took the most valuable trees in the couple s 3 000 tree garden reported cnn. The loot included a rare 400 year old. The prized 400 year old shimpaku.

Thieves steal 400 year old bonsai trees worth 118 000 in japan a heartbroken bonsai owner has an impassioned appeal to those who stole her beloved bonsai trees if they could please water them. Seiji and fuyumi iimura told cnn that the thieves specifically targeted their most valuable specimens out of their collection of roughly 3 000 bonsai. The grief stricken owner offered care instructions.