Police in the United Kingdom claimed to have solved the country's biggest art heist by arresting four people and recovering a stolen 30-million-pound Leonardo da Vinci painting.
Acting on a tip-off, detectives raided the offices of a law firm in Scotland and recovered the 16th century masterpiece, Madonna of the Yarnwinder, which was stolen from the home of the ninth Duke of Buccleuch in 2003. A Glasgow lawyer was among four held in this connection.
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The theft on August 27, 2003, stunned the art world. Two men posing as tourists taking a tour of the Duke's castle near Dumfries overpowered a young female tour guide before snatching the painting from its wall mountings.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Police recover stolen da Vinci painting
It's amazing that they were able to find it, usually these paintings wind up in private collections: