(CNN) Authorities are investigating a series of vandalism -- including at a synagogue -- that took place in Beverly Hills, California, police say.

The vandalism at the Nessah Synagogue was discovered Saturday morning by an employee who said he found "an open door and items ransacked inside," local police said in a news release.

"The suspect disrupted the furnishings, and contents of the synagogue by overturning furniture and distributing brochures and materials throughout the interior," the release said. He "damaged several Jewish relics, but fortunately the Synagogue's main scrolls survived unscathed."

No one was inside at the time and no one was injured, it said.

Police are looking for a white male suspect between 20-25 years old.

"This cowardly attack hits at the heart of who we are as a community," Mayor John Mirisch said in a statement. "It is not just an attack on the Jewish Community of Beverly Hills; it's an attack on all of us. The entire city stands in solidarity behind Nessah, its members and congregants."

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