Art of the Heist 2

The Lady in Gold (2007)

Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was one of the most famous paintings of the twentieth century. But in March 1938 it was seized by the Nazis. The golden portrait, commissioned by Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer of his wife, was one of six Klimts taken by the Germans.

The Pharaoh's Head (2007)

In 1994 the head of Scotland Yard's Art squad was called to the British Museum to investigate a case of suspected stolen Egyptian artefacts.

Miami Sting (2007)

Two Rubens paintings are lifted from a tiny gallery in a small town in northern Spain by a mysterious robber. One of pictures turns up in Stockholm. The robber is arrested and convicted but escapes and disappears.

The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa (2007)

On a summers day in 1911 a man walked into the Louvre, took the Mona Lisa off the wall and walked out. He had stolen the world's most famous painting and thousands of people queued to see the empty space the painting had left.

The Russian Conspiracy (2007)

More than two hundred items with an estimated value of $5million, including jewellery and precious enamels, were discovered missing during a routine inventory check at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.