Thieves take a decoy after police safeguard a Brueghel Crucifixion
Thieves broke into Santa Maria Maddalena church and stole a copy of The Crucifixion by Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Acting on advance information, police had already moved the original to safety and installed a reproduction and surveillance cameras. The original was not stolen in this incident. Artnet updated its report on 14 March to clarify the substitution.
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