Stolen: Vincent van Gogh, "View of the Sea at Scheveningen" and "Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church at Nuenen"
Location: Amsterdam, Holland
Year: December 2002
Worth: $3 Million

When international art thief "The Monkey" passed by the Van Gogh museum with his accomplice, they peeped a ladder left by construction guys the day before. Using it to reach the 15-foot high, first-story window, "The Monkey" smashed the glass, stole two paintings, and crawled out through the broken window with the help of a rope to slide to the ground. They left behind the cloth that protected their hands when they broke the window, the ladder, the rope, and a hat. The evidence got them caught, but the paintings haven't been found yet. Dutch law grants art thieves ownership of stolen private art after twenty years, and after thirty years if it's public art. Really. So whoever has these only has to wait it out another couple decades and they'll be all set.