That gang made off with the masterpieces by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse in less than three minutes during the daring raid
A gang of thieves took less than 190 seconds to steal paintings worth an estimated €10m (£8.7m) from a museum in Italy.
That gang made off with the masterpieces by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse in less than three minutes during the daring raid.
The gang used crowbars to prise open metal bars and gain access to a back entrance of the gallery which housed the Magnani-Rocca Foundation private collection.
The thieves were in the building for less than three minutes before they made their escape across the gardens of the the gallery, which is housed in an elegant palazzo near Parma in the north of Italy.
The thieves apparently knew what they were looking for and judging by the speed of the heist they may have made surveillance visits before the raid.
They went to a room that is dedicated to French artists and grabbed the three paintings, setting off alarms at the museum. Private security guards and police rushed to the scene but by the time they arrive the swift-footed crooks had already escaped across the gardens.
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