In Belgium, stolen paintings by Chagall and Picasso were found in the basement
In Antwerp, Belgium, paintings by Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso, stolen 14 years ago, were found. They are intact and preserved in their original frames.
Both paintings - Picasso's portrait "Tête" (Head, 1971) and Chagall's "Lʼhomme en prière" (Man in Prayer, 1970) - were stolen from the house of an Israeli collector in 2010. Their total value was estimated at about $900,000. During that robbery, the thieves also took jewelry worth $680,000, which was never found, The Guardian writes.
Investigators achieved a breakthrough in the decade-long search for the paintings in late 2022 when Belgian police received a tip that a local art dealer had put the paintings up for sale. Later, a large sum of money was found in his house, but not the paintings. Although the suspect confessed to the theft, he did not disclose the whereabouts of the paintings.
Both stolen paintings were found in the basement of the house in Antwerp where the suspect lived. The main suspect was charged with the theft of the two paintings and placed under arrest.
