Beijing police Thurday announced some details about a recent relics theft at the Palace Museum in the Chinese capital, Xinhua reported.

Suspect of Palace Museum theft caught

The suspect is Shi Baikui, a 28-year-old man from east China's Shandong Province.

Shi entered the museum as a visitor on May 8. Later that day, he found a hiding place inside the museum, and hid himself from staff members doing a final patrol of the museum before its closing time, according to the police.

He broke a window on the northern side of the exhibition hall to gain entry into the space and, then, he proceeded to steal relics.

Shi said theft was not on his mind when he initially entered the Palace Museum.

"After I entered the exhibition hall and listened to the guide's introductions to the exhibits, the idea of theft cropped up into my mind," he said.

Shi was apprehended by police at 7:40 p.m. on Wednesday at an Internet cafe in Beijing's Fengtai District, 58 hours after the relics were stolen.

The missing items were on loan from the Hong Kong-based Liang Yi Museum and were discovered missing at 8:20 a.m Monday. They include small Western-style make-up cases encrusted with jewels.