Name: Art of the Heist NO: The Disappeared
Uploaded: 2006-12-31T16:00:00-08:00
Duration: 56 min 15 s
Description: Re-creating a crime in which artwork stolen from a Buenos Aires museum was traded for illegal arms.

On December 22nd, 2000 three of the world's greatest art treasures were stolen from the National Museum in Stockholm. Together the Rembrandt and two Renoir paintings were valued at 50 million dollars.

Art of the Heist NO

The Big Sting

It was the biggest art heist in American history - half a billion dollar's worth of paintings snatched from the walls of a Boston gallery. The haul included a rare Vermeer and paintings by Rembrandt and Degas.

The World's Biggest Heist

It's the most important question in the worldwide art market is it genuine? Or is it fake? When a forgery is passed off as the real thing, there are fortunes to be made and lost. For nearly a decade two Englishmen did just that.

The Forger and the Con Man

The Scream by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is one of the most famous and powerful images in history. In the past 12 years, it has been the target of thieves not once but twice. One version, stolen in 1994, was recovered.

The Search for the Scream

Nearly thirty years ago seven paintings, including a priceless Cezanne, were stolen from a private collection in America. As the years passed, Michael Bakwin, who owned the paintings, though he would never get see his precious Cezanne again.

Chasing Cezanne

In the 1970s, the black market in religious artifacts had exploded into a multi-million dollar industry. The war-torn island of Cyprus was being picked clean.

Den of Antiquities

Pluto

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

The Disappeared

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.

The Lady in Gold

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

The Pharoes Head

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

Miami Sting

The theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 is documented.

Man who stole Monalisa

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

The Russian Conspiracy

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

The Trail of Moche Gold

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

The Thieving Don Juan

Art Of The Heist investigates the most high profile art thefts of the 20th and 21st centuries fitting together the pieces of the crime jigsaw and studies the masterpieces coveted by the criminal world.

The Disappeared

Full Episodes

Season 2, 8 episodes