A $100 Million Golden Masterpiece Vanished from a Museum—and Spent Three Years Buried in the Woods
One night, a thief exploited a single dismissed alarm to steal the only authenticated gold sculpture from the Renaissance—then discovered his prize was too famous to ever sell.
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