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Paris Heist Museum's Alarm Was On the Fritz

System 'partially malfunctioning' since March

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2010 5:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – So how does a lone thief manage to steal five masterpieces from a museum? It doesn't help when the alarm isn't working. The mayor of Paris says one of the systems at the Museum of Modern Art had been "partially malfunctioning" since March, reports ABC News of Australia. The investigation continues into the $150 million heist of works by Picasso, Matisse, and others.

Police officers search for clues as they pack up the frames of the stolen paintings outside the Paris Museum of Modern Art.
Police officers search for clues as they pack up the frames of the stolen paintings outside the Paris Museum of Modern Art.   (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
This undated photo shows Amadeo Modigliani's La femme a l'eventail, one of the stolen paintings.
This undated photo shows Amadeo Modigliani's "La femme a l'eventail," one of the stolen paintings.   (AP Photo/Bridgeman Art Library International)
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Landshark
May 21, 2010 2:10 PM CDT
poor Modigliani (lead picture) does'nt even get a mention...his sad legacy continues...
BCto
May 21, 2010 12:53 PM CDT
lol they should of fixed it in March.
stuck-in-paris
May 21, 2010 12:31 PM CDT
Very typical. Not much works in Paris

 
Picasso • Henri Matisse • art heist • Paris museums

 
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