The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings

The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings

59 mins | Crime, Documentary | Dec. 21, 2013

Art critic Alastair Sooke delves into the murky world of art theft. Despite the high stakes - and often daring - involved, many cases are shrouded in mystery and go unnoticed by the media. Around 47,000 works of art are reported missing each year, yet it is only the heists involving the world's most valuable paintings that hit the headlines. But high-profile or not - once gone, the works are rarely recovered.

The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings

59 mins | Crime, Documentary | Dec. 21, 2013

The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings
Art critic Alastair Sooke delves into the murky world of art theft. Despite the high stakes - and often daring - involved, many cases are shrouded in mystery and go unnoticed by the media. Around 47,000 works of art are reported missing each year, yet it is only the heists involving the world's most valuable paintings that hit the headlines. But high-profile or not - once gone, the works are rarely recovered.
Producers BBC, BBC Two
Original title The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings
Directors Dominic Gallagher
Writers Alastair Sooke

Cast

Alastair Sooke

as Self - Presenter