Art Crimes
Five Old Master Paintings Recovered 40 Years After German Heist
Authorities suspect the artworks were smuggled into West Germany during the 1980s
Painting Found Inside Walls of Italian Gallery Authenticated as Stolen Klimt
"Portrait of a Lady" went missing from the Ricci Oddi Modern Art Gallery in February 1997
Ex-Librarian and Bookseller Plead Guilty to Stealing Rare Texts Worth $8 Million From Pennsylvania Library
Greg Priore and John Schulman stole and resold hundreds of rare texts over a 25-year period
Spanish Conquistadors Stole This Gold Bar From Aztec Emperor Moctezuma's Trove
Forces led by Hernán Cortés dropped the looted treasure during a hasty retreat from the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in June 1520
3-D Imaging Reveals Toll of Parthenon Marbles' Deterioration
A new study of 19th-century plaster casts of the controversial sculptures highlight details lost over the past 200 years
Days After the Brazen Green Vault Heist, Another German Museum Is Targeted by Thieves
Burglars stole jewelry and historic artifacts from the Stasi Museum in Berlin
Visitors Can Watch the Restoration of Michelangelo's 'Bandini Pietà'
The artist once took a sledgehammer to the sculpture, which is now housed at a museum in Florence
Authorities Recover 10,000 Artifacts Stolen by International Antiquities Trafficking Ring
The organized crime group had connections across Italy, Britain, Germany, France and Serbia
Art Detective Tracks Down Oscar Wilde's Stolen Friendship Ring
Authorities previously believed the ring, taken from Oxford in 2002, was melted down by an individual unaware of its true significance
Revolutionary War Rifle Stolen 50 Years Ago Recovered at Barn Sale
The long rifle, made by master gunsmith Johann Christian Oerter, will go on view at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia
You Could Own an Amputated Arm From the George III Statue Toppled at Bowling Green
The 18th-century lead fragment was unearthed in a Connecticut resident's garden in 1991
Newly Discovered Treasures Came From the Same Sunken Ship That Carried the Controversial 'Elgin Marbles'
The "Mentor," a vessel owned by the notorious Lord Elgin, sank in 1802 while carrying panels and sculptures looted from the Parthenon
Thieves Return Hand Stolen From Montreal Totem Pole, With an Apology Note
'After we realized what [the artwork] stood for and represented for so many people, we immediately felt sick to our stomach,' the letter reads
Help Find the Owners of More Than 100 Recovered Artworks
Stolen around Los Angeles in 1993, the paintings and antiques were recently recovered by LAPD when some were brought to an auction house
Investigation Identifies Nazi-Looted Art Later Ransacked From Hitler’s Headquarters
Near the end of WWII, Munich civilians plundered food, liquor, furnishings and some 700 works of art, most of which wer stolen property, from the Führerbau
A Literary Vandal Is Ripping Pages Out of Books and Putting Them Back on Shelves
The so-called 'book ripper' has targeted more than 100 volumes at a library and charity bookshop in the English town of Herne Bay
Hundreds of Artifacts Looted From Iraq and Afghanistan to Be Repatriated
The trove, currently stored at the British Museum for safekeeping, includes 4th-century Buddhist sculpture fragments and 154 Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets
Cold War Nuclear Bomb Tests Are Helping Researchers Identify Art Forgeries
Traces of carbon-14 isotopes released by nuclear testing enable scientists to date paintings created post-World War II
17th-Century Bible Stolen From Pittsburgh Library Recovered in the Netherlands
The 404-year-old religious text was one of more than 300 artifacts stolen from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Library over a two-decade period
'Indiana Jones of the Art World' Finds Picasso Stolen 20 Years Ago From Saudi Billionaire
The painting had been ‘used as collateral, popping up in a drug deal here, four years later in an arms deal there,’ says Arthur Brand
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