On wensday night . Millions of dollars worth of Paintings were stolen, some of these paintings belonged to the famous Picasso, and others to the also very known Matisse. The total ammount of the photos were valued around $ 75 to $125 million. The authorities at the museum discoverd the theft just around 7 a.m on Thursday. They said that they had video images of the hooded man while he was breaking in to a very famous museums art decoration building. Which is not far from the Eiffel Tower. This raised questions about the museums security in the french capital. While the picasso museum was undergoing renovations the last summer it was under renovation.
The stolen works, part of the museum’s permanent collection, were “Dove With Green Peas” by Picasso, “La Pastorale” by Matisse, “Olive Tree Near Estaque” by Georges Braque, “Woman With a Fan” by Amedeo Modigliani and “Still Life With Chandeliers” by Fernand Leger.
People are still wondering how the security got breached and why they could not catch the buglar fast enough. The deputy mayor of culture for paris said that the museums were equipped with security alarms and armed guards on wendsay night and that they had not seen any thing happen.
“We must leave it to the police to determine how the security system was evaded,” Mr. Girard said.
The mayor of paris has orderd the museum to be closed while the investigation continues.
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