Thieves stole a rare 400-year-old bonsai from a Japanese garden.

Thieves stole a rare 400-year-old bonsai from a Japanese garden.

The grief-stricken owner offered care instructions

Seven trees, worth US$118,000, were stolen from the garden of Fuyumi and Seiji Iimura, a fifth-generation bonsai cultivator

Fuyumi Iimuri said the trees were as precious as children, and begged the thieves to care for them well

Clearly, the thieves knew what they were doing in last month’s heist.

They stole a total of seven trees, but those were the most expensive in Iimura’s collection, according to CNN.

South China Morning Post

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