Thieves steal bronze sculpture, leave a wooden copy behind

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: June 4, 2002| Author: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Copyright information


The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

06-04-2002


Thieves steal bronze sculpture, leave a wooden copy behind
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 06-04-2002, Tuesday
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HAMBURG, Germany - Thieves stole a foot-high bronze Giacometti sculpture worth about $500,000 from the Hamburger Kunsthalle and replaced it with a wooden copy, museum officials said Monday.

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