Fire destroys over 4000 pieces of art in Sokhumi art gallery

The Golden Fund of Abkhaz artists has been burned down in Sokhumi - more than 4000 pieces of art were destroyed, Apsnypress reports.

According to the so-called minister of culture of occupied Abkhazia, Dinara Smyrni, the fire that broke out in the central exhibition hall is "an irreparable loss for the national culture".

According to Suram Sakania, director of the art gallery, 4,000 pieces of art were burned or damaged by water in the firefighting process.

The so-called occupied Abkhazia The so-called president of the self-proclaimed republic, Aslan Bzhania, arrived at the site of the fire. He instructed the prosecutor's office to conduct a thorough investigation of the causes of the fire.