Hidden treasure: 'Stolen Klimt' painting found STASHED in art gallery wall after 20 years (VIDEO, PHOTO)
A painting stolen over 20 years ago in a brazen heist at an art gallery in northern Italy has apparently been accidentally recovered after a worker clearing ivy from the building stumbled across it hidden in the walls.
Gustav Klimt’s ‘Portrait of a Lady’ was stolen from the Ricci-Oddi gallery in Piacenza in February 1997, with its frame found discarded on the roof. Police believed the frame was thrown there in a poor attempt to make it look like the thieves broke in through a skylight, even though in reality the painting was too big to be pulled through that window.
The worker said he was removing ivy when he came across an unexpected metal panel, and pulled it aside to discover the purloined painting stashed there, inside a black bag.
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