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#7. Japanese Yakusa Set up a Long-Term Art Heist

#7. Japanese Yakusa Set up a Long-Term Art Heist

Stolen: Claude Monet, "Impression, Soleil Levant", "Camille Monet and Cousin on the Beach at Trouville", "Portrait of Jean Monet", "Portrait of Poly", "Fisherman of Belle-Isle", and "Field of Tulips in Holland"
Pierre-August Renoir, "Bather Sitting on a Rock"
Berthe Morisot, "Young Woman at the Ball"
Sei-ichi Naruse, "Portrait of Monet"
Location: Paris, France
Year: November 1985
Worth: $12 Million

When Japanese crime boss Shuinichi Fujikuma was serving a five-year sentence for a charge that involved almost eight kilos of heroin, he met members of an art theft syndicate, who organized a robbery at the Marmottan Museum. Fujikuma later circulated a catalog of nine paintings, which ignited rumors that the Japanese mob Yakuza were dabbling in art theft. Six years later, it all went down when five masked men armed with pistols swarmed the building and made off with the paintings. The artworks were later found in Corsica.

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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.

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    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.

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      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.

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    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!

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