The Wild True Stories Behind History's Greatest Art Thefts (#312)
How does someone steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and simply walk away?
And how did an even more brazen crew rob the same museum in broad daylight last year with just a cherry picker and some power tools?
The real stories are stranger than Hollywood and best-selling author Noah Charney knows them all. One of the world’s leading experts on art crime, he has advised museums, governments, and law enforcement agencies around the world.
It turns out that stealing priceless art is often surprisingly easy. It’s turning the art into money that’s nearly impossible.
He explains:
◼ How a thief had unwitting Louvre workers help him walk out of the Louvre with the Mona Lisa
◼ How a brazen team used a cherry picker, power tools, and high-visibility vests to rob the Louvre in broad daylight
◼ Why most real art thieves are nothing like the elegant masterminds portrayed in movies
◼ How Napoleon turned art looting into an organized instrument of empire
◼ Why criminals steal art and how they get themselves apprehended
◼ How movies, fiction, and even the media can unintentionally help art criminals
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How does someone steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and simply walk away?
And how did an even more brazen crew rob the same museum in broad daylight last year with just a cherry picker and some power tools?
The real stories are stranger than Hollywood and best-selling author Noah Charney knows them all. One of the world’s leading experts on art crime, he has advised museums, governments, and law enforcement agencies around the world.
It turns out that stealing priceless art is often surprisingly easy. It’s turning the art into money that’s nearly impossible.
He explains:
◼ How a thief had unwitting Louvre workers help him walk out of the Louvre with the Mona Lisa
◼ How a brazen team used a cherry picker, power tools, and high-visibility vests to rob the Louvre in broad daylight
◼ Why most real art thieves are nothing like the elegant masterminds portrayed in movies
◼ How Napoleon turned art looting into an organized instrument of empire
◼ Why criminals steal art and how they get themselves apprehended
◼ How movies, fiction, and even the media can unintentionally help art criminals
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