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Chas Allen was one of four college students who trained their thieving eyes on the Transylvania University Private Collections Museum in Kentucky, famous for housing some of the rarest (and most valuable) books and paintings in the world.
Nine years ago, thieves stole paintings by Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian from the National Gallery in Athens.
It has been almost a year since thieves broke into the Oxford Picture Gallery, making off with three paintings, and never to be seen again.
In October of 2012, a small crew of thieves cased and then robbed the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, making off with seven famous artworks worth millions.
On St. Patrick’s Day in 1990, security guards at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston made an error in judgement that set in motion a quite incredible chain of events.
Master thieves have stolen priceless diamond jewellery from one of Europe’s largest treasure collections.
There’s some serious drama in the Winelands, with a multi-million rand art heist playing out for two decades. Derek and the crew went digging for dirt.
A Boston museum is looking for a stash of 13 paintings which were stolen back in 1990, and to help with the investigation they’re offering a whopping reward.