Disabling the alarmed security system one masked thief made out with what first estimate to be just over500 million of euros, but now it has been determined that it is just over 100 million of euro (Museams and art gallerys price them differently). Included in the theft were five very historically significant pieces of artwork major works by Picasso and Matisse, in a brazen overnight heist at a Paris modern art museum last night (Thursday Morning) police officials said. Some of the painting stolen were: "Le pigeon aux petits-pois'' (The Pigeon with the Peas); ''La Pastorale'' (Pastoral); ''La femme a l'eventail'' (Woman with a Fan); ''Nature-mort aux chandeliers'' (Still Life with Chandeliers. This is said to have been one of the largest known art hiests in the history of the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/05/20/world/europe/AP-EU-France-Museum-Theft.html?_r=1&hp
By: Chase Pavlick
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