Raiders Of The Lost Art

In Munich in 2013 a giant haul of missing masterpieces was discovered Cornelius Gurlitt was the man behind it and we investigate how his fathers job was to purchase works for Hitler himself as part of his Führermuseum

Prior to 1917 Carl Faberge made a oneofakind Easter egg for the Tsars family each year But Carl was forced to flee Russia during the revolution and eight of these priceless Imperial Eggs went missing With one of the elusive eight recently uncovered could the other seven have survived the chaos of 1917

When Van Gogh died he was a complete unknown His paintings fetched under ten dollars each So how did his works become some of the most revered and expensive in the world His sisterinlaw Johanna is to thank for that With a new van Gogh having been discovered in 2013 where are the rest

During WWII the Nazis plundered some of the worlds greatest art collections as they tore across Europe seeking unquestioned cultural dominance We find out how the Allies tracked down the absconded artworks what they saved and what is still missing to this day

This is the story of the theft in 1911 of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and how Pablo Picasso was accused of the crime Plus we investigate the incredible tales of how many others of Da Vincis works were lost to history and had to be reclaimed

The Dutch didnt appreciate the masterpieces they had For 200 years Vermeer was completely forgotten Trying to recover a lost mans masterpieces has driven men to great extremes and the hunt is still on today