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bogomipz on March 30, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in over...

This was the certainly the case in the Gardner Museum heist in Boston in the 90s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museu...

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gardner-heist-suspect-rele...

Igelau on March 31, 2020 | [–]

Those police sketches of the thieves look an awful lot like Mario and Luigi...

mulmen on March 30, 2020 | [–]

Thanks, I was familiar with the anecdote but couldn't remember the source. I did a quick search but didn't find it. I thought it may have happened with a major drug dealer as well? Not sure on that.

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