Famous Art Heists in Recent past

Edvard Munch's 'Madonna,' which was stolen 22 August 2004 with another painting 'The Scream' from the Munch Museum in Oslo by armed robbers. This painting was recovered said Norway police.

Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO / SIDSEL DE JONG / SCANPIX, SIDSEL DE JONG/AFP/Getty Images)

Edgar Degas painting "Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter", one of four paintings by major artists which were stolen from the private E.G. Buehrle Collection, in Zurich, Switzerland.

Photo Credit: (AP Photo/Keystone, Stadtpolizei Zuerich via Foundation E.G. Buehrle Collection, File)

Painting by Claude Monet was stolen from the Museu Chácara do Céu, Rio de Janeiro, in 2006, together with three other works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Henri Matisse.

 1971 painting 'Harlequin Head' by Pablo Picasso.

Photo Credit: (AP Photo / Police Rotterdam, File)

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