Art of the Heist
Back for a second season, this series reveals the secrets behind high-profile art thefts of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Back for a second season, this series reveals the secrets behind high-profile art thefts of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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The story of two Renoirs and a Rembrandt that were stolen in an armed robbery, and the extraordinary sting organized by...
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How $500 million worth of art was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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Traces how an art forger and a conman were able to fool some of the best art experts in the world.
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Unravels the extraordinary story behind the theft of Edvard Munch's masterpiece, The Scream.
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Twists, turns, and double-dealings lead to the recovery of one of the 20th century's greatest paintings.
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An American is lured to Europe and seduced into buying beautiful stolen mosaics by a string of dubious characters.
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A portrait that was confiscated by the Nazis in 1938 goes on to fetch a world record price at auction.
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The head of Scotland Yard's art squad is called to the British Museum to investigate stolen Egyptian artifacts.
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A genuine Rubens painting is stolen from a Spanish museum, only to later turn up in Miami.
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In 1911, a man walked into the Louvre and casually removed the world's most famous painting.
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More than two hundred items with an estimated value of $5 million were discovered missing during a routine inventory...
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An ancient Peruvian headdress stolen over 20 years ago is recovered by New Scotland Yard.
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Experts travel the globe in search of a collection that includes some of the greats from the Impressionist movement...
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One of the most important gold Renaissance sculptures is stolen from an Austrian museum by a suave master thief.