Czech police recover medieval saint’s 800-year-old skull encased in concrete

Czech police have arrested a man suspected of stealing an almost 800-year-old religious relic from a Catholic church and encasing it in concrete.According to a police spokeswoman on Friday, the suspect admitted taking the skull, which is revered by believers as a relic of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk, from the Church of St Lawrence in the northern Czech town of Jablonne v Podjestedi on Tuesday.Investigators used special equipment to confirm the skull was hidden inside a solid concrete block without damaging it. Art restorers were now working to remove the relic safely, police added.