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The objects have now been removed for further examination and the alert has ended.

But the musician's archive, which runs to some 90,000 objects, will keep scholars busy for years.

Robert Therrien, the Los Angeles sculptor whose monumental sculptures of everyday objects revealed hidden truths about the nature of memory, has died.

Following the attack, Russia's defence ministry said all "targets of the strike have been achieved" and "designated objects have been hit".

Other objects included a pocket TV, a snowflake hologram and a photo of Princess Diana.