Tunnel thief snatches Warhol art

Police are looking for a thief who tunnelled through a wall into a New York City apartment while the owner was away and made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of artworks by Andy Warhol and other artists.

They say the thief broke through a hallway wall into the Manhattan apartment and stole limited-edition artworks, watches and other jewellery worth a total of about $750,000 (€571,933).

A video recorder connected to surveillance cameras also was taken.

The stolen items include the Roy Lichtenstein prints 'Thinking Nude' and 'Moonscape', the Carl Fudge oil painting 'Live Cat', the Warhol prints 'The Truck' and 'Superman' and a set of eight signed Warhol prints in various colours called "Camouflage."

Police say the burglary took place between November 24 and 28.