$10 million in stolen art, including Chagall works, recovered
Authorities have recovered $10 million worth of art -- including paintings by Chagall and Diego Rivera -- that were stolen in one of Los Angeles' largest art heists.
The FBI and Los Angeles recovered nine pieces of art at a Los Angeles hotel in October, and a man was arrested, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing court documents.
The works, including Chagall's "Les Paysans" and Diego Rivera's "Mexican Peasant," were among a dozen swiped from the Encino home of a wealthy real estate investor on the morning of Aug. 24, 2008, by a crook or crooks who entered through the unlocked kitchen door, police said.
The elderly residents were in their bedrooms and heard nothing, police said.
The case grew cold until this September, when Detective Donald Hrycyk of the LAPD's art theft detail received a tip that a man in Europe known as "Darko" was seeking buyers for the stolen art, the Times said.
