August 22, 2010
As we're sure most of read or heard on the news, a famous Vincent Van Gogh painting was stolen from a museum here in Egypt!
The piece was stolen this morning from the Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, which holds a number of pieces by renowned artists, by a couple that were caught trying to board a flight to Italy today. Apparently they cut the painting out of the frame and ran, they caught the man and woman right as they were boarding!
The man was arrested (why not the woman?) and the painting was returned to the museum.
The painting, "Poppy Flowers", is estimated to be worth around $50-55 million!
Funny enough, this isn't the first time that this painting has been stolen! It was stolen before in 1978 and was found later in Kuwait and returned to the museum.