The incident has shaken up the local authorities of Shiga Prefecture in Tokyo, who are looking for those responsible for the theft of two replicas of the guitars owned by the anime's main characters, a bass guitar, and 22 figures of the main characters, among lots of other stuff.
There were 1,000 items in total, all lent by the fans for display at Toyosato Elementary School, which has served as a real life model for the series..
Aside from this, a safe with $3,500 dollars (290,000 yen) was also stolen.