€59m painting robbery stuns art world

Art experts were stunned today after one of the world’s most famous paintings was stolen at gunpoint in a €59m raid at a packed gallery in Oslo.

Mon, 23 Aug, 2004 - 09:53

Art experts were stunned today after one of the world’s most famous paintings was stolen at gunpoint in a €59m raid at a packed gallery in Oslo.

Masked thieves barged into the Munch museum and ripped the Edvard Munch masterpiece The Scream and another painting from the walls.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: OsloPlace: Munch MuseumPlace: Oslo’s National GalleryPlace: NorwayPlace: GermanyPerson: Edvard MunchPerson: MadonnaPerson: Hilde WalsoePerson: Francois CastangPerson: Marketa CajovaPerson: MunchPerson: Jorunn ChristoffersenPerson: Knut ForsbergPerson: ForsbergOrganisation: France Inter radioOrganisation: NTBOrganisation: Munch MuseumOrganisation: Blomqvist Fine Arts
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