CCTV footage shows £250,000 Tecchler instrument was taken from carriage by a man A 310-year-old violin left behind by its owner on a train's luggage rack has been stolen, according to police. Stephen Morris left the instrument worth £250,000 on a London Victoria to Orpington train when he got off at Penge, south-east London, last Tuesday evening. He had appealed to the public for help, saying losing it was "like having my arm cut off".