Friday, July 27, 2018

Police Recover Renoir And Rubens Stolen By Con Man Dressed As Rabbi

“The paintings had been stolen in an elaborate scam involving at least eight different con artists, the police confirmed. At least one had posed as a Jewish rabbi with diplomatic immunity and offered the respective gallery owners €26 million for the paintings before stealing them. The theft took place at a rented office in Monza, above the Albanian embassy … on April 20th, 2017.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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