Originally published on July 18, 2013
A Romanian woman has admitted to burning seven stolen masterpieces work tens of millions that were taken from Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum in October 2012.
"The woman is thought to be the mother of one of the suspected art thieves. She is said to have admitted incinerating the artworks in her stove in order to destroy the evidence," according to Reuters.
Romanian authorities say the woman, Olga Dogaru, claims she buried the paintings in an abandoned house and then in a cemetery in the village of Caracliu. She later dug up the paintings and burned them in February when police began searching the village for the stolen works.
Forensics experts have recovered materials such as canvas, wood, staples, and paints, which could all be the remains of the artworks. Officials also found traces of lead, zinc and azurite, and some steel nails pre-date the 20th century.
According to Reuters, "the works stolen were Picasso's "Tête d'Arlequin", Matisse's "La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune", Monet's "Waterloo Bridge, London" and "Charing Cross Bridge,London", Gauguin's "Femme devant une fenêtre ouverte", De Haan's "Autoportrait" and Freud's "Woman with Eyes Closed".
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