CCTV reveals how £7.7million artworks were snatched in just 180 seconds

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CCTV reveals how £7.7million artworks were snatched in just 180 seconds.

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Italian authorities have released footage of a dramatic art theft which happened in less than three minutes.CCTV footage from a security camera in the Magnani-Rocca Foundation's private museum near Parma on the night of March 22 showed the gang of three break through a window.Two of the men then sprinted to the artworks by iconic artists Cezanne, Matisse and Renoir, worth €9 million (£7.7million) in total.Italian police on Friday announced they had arrested five suspects and recovered the artworks.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say They paintings were hidden in the storeroom of a house in Parma, placed in a cardboard box once used for a flat-screen TV."They were professionals, but we were better," an Italian authority told The Times.The five suspects, all Moldovan, are accused of stealing Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Fish, worth €3million, Paul Cézanne's Cup and a Plate of Cherries, worth €6million, and a print of Odalisque on the Terrace by Henri Matisse, worth €20,000.The stunning footage...

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