Stolen Zurich artworks found

Published February 20, 2008

ZURICH, Feb 19: Swiss police have found two of the four oil paintings by 19th Century masters, which were stolen from a Zurich museum this month in one of Europe’s biggest Art thefts, they said on Tuesday.

The two paintings by Van Gogh and Monet, were found in a car parked outside a Zurich psychiatric hospital, Zurich police said and have an estimated value of $63.98 million.—Reuters

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