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Theft of the century/ The thief who stole three masterpieces from the Athens gallery: The church planned to return them

2022-08-19 15:13:39Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Theft of the century/ The thief who stole three masterpieces from the Athens
Stolen masterpieces

"I did it out of love for art." This is how 50-year-old Giorgos Sarmatzopoulos motivated the theft of three famous paintings in the National Gallery in Athens.

The so-called theft of the century happened in 2012 in the Greek capital, and at the time few people believed that such a theft could have been carried out by a single man. 

Sarmatzopoulos was arrested last year and was released on bail a week ago.

"Whatever happened, it was done for the love of art," he told reporters on Wednesday. His lawyer said that the 50-year-old committed the theft himself. "It is simply not believable that such a theft was committed by one person and yet it happened," he said.

He is said to have taken advantage of lax security and stolen Pablo Picasso's Head of a Woman, Piet Mondrian's Windmill with Winery and Saint Diego de Alcala in Ecstasy with the Holy Trinity and Symbols of passion" by Guglielmo Caccia.

He told reporters that he planned to secretly return the paintings to the National Gallery in Athens nine years after the abduction, but in fact he never approached the Gallery.


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