As “Göring’s man in Paris,” Lohse was “ruthless” in his quest to acquire artworks, said Petropoulos. An opportunist, he ...

Days before Valentine's Day in 1979, a two century old bust of the Greek God Hermes was stolen in broad daylight out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art during one of the busiest times in its history.

(CNN) — Dutch police have arrested three people in connection with a museum heist that saw thieves blow open a door with explosives before stealing four priceless ancient artifacts, including an ...

(CNN) — Dutch police have arrested three people in connection with a museum heist that saw thieves blow open a door with explosives before stealing four priceless ancient artifacts, including an ...

It was a heist that “even in our most pessimistic dreams, we would not have believed possible,” said the director of Romania’s National History Museum, Ernest Oberlander-Tarnoveanu.