The Vault

In 2012, a Romanian gang stole seven paintings from Rotterdam in 108 seconds. Picasso. Monet. Matisse. Then the ringleaders mother burned them in her wood-burning stove to protect her son.

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In 2012, a Romanian gang stole seven paintings from Rotterdam in 108 seconds. Picasso. Monet. Matisse. Then the ringleaders mother burned them in her wood-burning stove to protect her son.

What is The Vault?

The most valuable things in Europe keep disappearing. True crime stories about lost art.
Art theft, museum heists, and stolen treasures, the stories behind Europe's most dramatic cultural crimes. From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to Nazi looted art, told with the warmth of an art historian and the precision of a detective.

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