World · 14 August 2026
Police recover three €9m paintings stolen from Italy museum
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Three valuable paintings by Cézanne, Renoir, and Matisse, worth an estimated €9m (£7.8m), have been found by police in Italy. The artworks were stolen on the night of 22 March from the Magnani Rocca Museum, near Parma, in one of Italy's biggest art thefts recently. Authorities released CCTV footage showing two masked thieves breaking in, and the investigation is still ongoing.
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