Art of the Heist

Chronicling the theft of Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" and the ensuing legal battles to return the work to its owner.

Egyptian artifacts were stolen from the British Museum. Included: panels from a tomb in Saqqara, an ancient burial ground.

The theft of two Peter Paul Rubens paintings and eventual recovery is documented.

The theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 is documented.

The discovery of approximately 200 missing items totaling more than $5 million from the Hermitage Museum in Russia is featured.

The looting of a gold headdress from an ancient tomb in northern Peru is recounted.

Re-creating a crime in which artwork stolen from a Buenos Aires museum was traded for illegal arms.

A Renaissance sculpture is taken from an Austrian Museum by a master thief.