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Biggest art thefts of the decade
With an estimated value of more than $50m, the latest theft of Van Gogh(***)s Poppy Flowers painting took place in broad daylight at a museum in Cairo, the Egyptian capital [EPA]
Published On 26 Aug 2010
26 Aug 2010
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Five paintings, worth up to $634m, were stolen from the Musee d(***)Art Moderne de la ville de Paris in May 2010, including Picasso(***)s Dove with Green Peas [EPA]
Henri Matisse(***)s La Pastorale was among the paintings stolen in May 2010, Paris(***) biggest art theft in recent years [EPA]
Two Picasso paintings worth several million dollars, including the Verre et Pichet, from 1944, pictured, were stolen in February 2008 from a cultural centre in the eastern Swiss town of Pfaeffikon [EPA]
In Brazil, Picasso(***)s 1904 work Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, worth up to $50m, and local painter Candido Portinari(***)s 1939 The Coffee Worker were recovered after being stolen in December 2007 [EPA]
A hand-coloured lithography by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch was stolen in a break-in at an art dealer in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, in August 2004
In August 2003, in Scotland, thieves stole the early 16th century(***)s Madonna with the Yarnwinder, by Leonardo da Vinci, valued at about $53m [AP]
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