Name: Art of the Heist (Season 1)
Uploaded: 2006
Description: Meet the crooks who turned crime into an art form. Go behind-the-scenes of the most high-profile art thefts of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Meet the crooks who turned crime into an art form. Go behind-the-scenes of the most high-profile art thefts of the 20th and 21st centuries.

On December 22, 2000, three of our greatest art treasures were stolen from the National Museum in Stockholm. Together, one Rembrandt and two Renoir paintings were valued at 50 million dollars. Which was more dramatic: the Stockholm heist or the police sting to find the missing masterpieces?

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23 years ago, three masterpieces were stolen from the National Museum in Stockholm. Together, they were valued at $50 million. Watch the police try to get them back.

The Big Sting

It was the biggest art heist in American history: disguised as cops, two thieves steal $500 million from a Boston museum. The hunt for the famous Rembrandt, Degas and Vermeer paintings takes the FBI from the shady underworld of Boston mobsters to the dangerous turf of Irish paramilitaries.

It was the biggest art heist in American history: disguised as cops, two thieves steal $500 million from a Boston museum. Follow the FBI hunt for the famous paintings.

The World's Biggest Heist

In the art world, how often do forgeries pass for the real thing? Scotland Yard is on the trail of two Englishmen—a songwriter-turned-forger and a smooth-talking con man—who spent almost a decade selling counterfeit paintings … and raking in millions.

How often do art forgeries pass for the real thing? Scotland Yard is on the trail of two thieves who spent almost a decade selling fake paintings…and raking in millions.

The Forger and the Con Man

The Scream, by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, is one of the most famous images in art history. Twice the target of thieves, one version—stolen in 1994—was recovered. When another is snatched from the National Gallery in Oslo, authorities struggle to find a motive for the crime.

When artist Edvard Munch’s famous painting, The Scream, is snatched from the National Gallery in Oslo, authorities struggle to find a motive for the crime.

The Search for the Scream

When seven paintings, including a priceless Cezanne still life, are stolen from a private art collector’s home in New England, authorities run into a dead end. But a revelation from an unlikely source gives investigators a new perspective.

When seven paintings, including a priceless Cezanne, are stolen from a private art collector’s home in New England, authorities run into a dead end.

Chasing Cezanne

In the 1970s, war-torn Cyprus was a playground for treasure hunters, and the black market for religious artifacts was a multimillion-dollar industry. This is the story of how a sophisticated ring of smugglers ripped a sacred mosaic from the walls of a church.

1970s war-torn Cyprus was a playground for treasure hunters. Discover how a sophisticated ring of smugglers ripped a sacred mosaic from the walls of a church.