The 50 Greatest Art Heists of all Time
By Courtney Willis | Feb 17, 2011 | 1:07 pm | Permalink
#2. An Underground Tunnel Leads to the National Museum
Stolen: Esteban Murillo, "Self Portrait"
Gustave Courbet, "The Virgin Mary and Jesus"
Adolphe Piot, "Landscape"
Location: Asuncion, Paraguay
Year: July 2002
Worth: $1 Million
In 2002, thieves dug an 80-foot long, 10-foot deep tunnel into the National Fine Arts Museum in Paraguay. They used fake names to rent out retail space less than a quarter of a football field away from the national museum, and recruited a staff to help. Two months later, the crew snuck in during closing hours unnoticed and bounced with a dozen paintings.
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Steven February 18th, 2011 at 04:04 AM
First off this is a pretty terrible article, its is interesting but some one who reads this article will most likely want to hear what happened to the painting, how it was stole or how the authority's have no idea wtf happened. Instead this article is a complete let down it says the very lest amount about each heist possible and a in a few case nothing about the heist at all. Secondly, who gave the writer of this article this list of heist? because its utterly uninteresting these are some of the lamest heist I've ever heard off and as someone who is pretty well verst in art history I have to say check your facts some of these aren't even true.
dr.octogon February 19th, 2011 at 12:21 AM
While I agree with your sentiment Steven, you have the spelling and grammer of someone severely mentally challenged.
Big Red Machine February 19th, 2011 at 02:04 PM
While I agree with you, doctor, I must point out that you spelled GRAMMAR wrong. That might be the funniest shit I have seen in a while. Irony is a bitch.
LFMAO@dr.octogon December 11th, 2011 at 04:58 AM
LMFAO @ dr.octogon What a fucking fail OMG you must feel so stupid right now!