Valuable Paintings Stolen in Heist at France’s Renoir Museum
Thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer and stole several artworks worth millions of euros before abandoning one piece. French authorities have launched an investigation into the overnight burglary targeting the cultural institution.
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Artworks stolen from Renoir museum on French Riviera in latest heist
Thieves took four artworks but dropped one as they fled, says mayor of southern town of Cagnes-sur-Mer Two thieves have broken into a museum dedicated to the French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, stealing four artworks and dropping one as they fled, the local mayor has said. “Spotted thanks to the town’s video surveillance cameras, the two individuals fled, abandoning one of the stolen paintings as they ran,” said Bryan Masson, the mayor of the southern town of Cagnes-sur-Mer. H...
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Police are on the hunt for thieves who stole three paintings from the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera in an overnight heist. A fourth stolen work was abandoned as they fled.
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