Meet the Man Who Stole $1.4 Billion With a Screwdriver
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The irony of it all. He stole this art out of appreciation, and he's the reason countless irreplaceable pieces were destroyed forever.
His mother is ....He is a kleptomaniac his mom is a freaking psychopath
@@flamingiceclone Say more incorrect things.
@@grabble7605 He's not incorrect. Stephane didn't destroy the art, his mother did. Stephane is a kleptomaniac, his mother is a psychopath. Anyone who actually appreciates the art might have stolen it and tried to hide it, but would not destroy it.
@@Vincent_Beers He is incorrect. Stephane is not a kleptomaniac and his mother is not a psychopath. Stealing things is not the entire criteria of kleptomania and destroying stuff is not any of the criteria of psychopathy.
@@grabble7605 Then a individual not "destroying stuff" is also "not any of the criteria" for this individual to be the reason for the destruction of said stuff.
Isn't it fun to argue about pointless details of phrasiology with strangers on the internet? It indeed never gets old to see who has the bigger di.. aehm.. stronger argument.
It was deliberate. He advertised hair loss knowing people would be pulling the hair out when they heard the mother destroying them!
Haha!! Good one!
It's all a plot to sell hair loss medication.
That's so good hahaha
of all conspiracy theories I believe in that one because if had really long hair I would have pulled it all out with thumping hands when I heard of the destruction of evidence by the mother. I wish I never watched this video.
@@whatkenyan7684 I hate those idiots so much. Of course Karen, I mean Mom knew best
The fact that he stole the art because he just really liked it makes me unexplainably happy 😂
You think that's funny?
@@sidneyshaw9205 It’s funny in the sense that he wasn’t motivated by money. It’s just unusual that his only motivation for stealing the art was because he liked it. That makes me chuckle.
@@sidneyshaw9205 you're a little bitch lol its just a painting
That is the reason most stolen art owners do it.
Klepto, I knew a kleptomaniac they rarely have a reason to steal, they just do.
The lack of security generally required for millions of people to be able to see works of art and not have anything stolen is proof that most of us humans are to be trusted. It just takes that one person who can cause more harm than millions of others and we all are punished with the expenses of security, locking things up and taking away the warmth of a community.
It doesn’t probe that we are to be trusted lol. It proves that most people are afraid of getting caught lol
it actually proves a lot of things, which proves nothing it means:
a.) some people are to be trusted
b.) some don't want to be caught
c.) some don't care enough about to object to steal it, but given the same chance with a more appetizing object to steal...
my list could go on.
Same as in Airports, its called "security theater", kind like marketing, trying to show the customer value where there is none, or in that case security where ther is none.
I had pcoket knifes in my backpack without me knowing several times and used the "wrong" elevator at an airport that just transported me to the next level, skipping customs.
The biggest enemy of actual security is a low budget and lazy guards and managers
@@someuser6747 that is simply implausible. A liar you must be.
I was always the best person in the room untill I was shown differently. I felt like I was judging people a little bit incorrectly after the unseen forces in the world gave me a history lesson.
He had the same insatiable desire for art I used to have for lemon twist donuts in high school. How I loved the taste of thee!!
That sounds good, don't think I've had one before, are they filled? Or topped with lemon icing?
@@WhuDhat It was a lemon glaze. They were so good I would literally cut grass for money to get some of those things..until I got a summer job in my sophomore year. It was smooth sailing ever since.😂👍
@@wizmanballin8498 haha nice, I'll keep an eye out for them next time I'm at a donut shop or bakery. I've had lemon filled donuts before and always liked them, kind of rare to find though.
so you're saying you stole 1.4 billion dollars worth of lemon twist donuts?
@@vibaj16 You need life lessons....🤔
The ironic part is if the mother had just hid the artwork in some way instead of trying to destroy and dispose of it the way she had, it could of possibly gone WAY different for him.
If her flat and the attic her son lived in were different units, then she could just have hidden the artworks in her flat or the basement, since the police only got a search warrant for her son's flat...
That is not how woman mind think. They are irrational beings not capable of thinking few moves ahead. 😭
His mother destroying all that artwork made me want to cry! All that history wiped away
At least some of them weren't burned up, and never seen again, but instead thrown into the forest where someone could just find it and either steal it for themselves, or be a good citizen.
@Layton Little fun fact: all the historical confederacy statues and plaques come from the 1940s and beyond, funded by former plantation owners and families in an attempt to wipe clean the horrid track records of those people. They realized that most people who remembered that era were dead. In fact, basically no statues honoring the confederacy were built anywhere near to their defeat.
It put a grin on my face. Dozens of regular paintings, obsessed over by billionaires, destroyed unceremoniously with water and fire. Oh well, they'll have to pick some other Lionardo or Vun Go painting to overvalue
@Lotus dude nobody uses faxs anymore
i don't care about the art really but it pisses me off that they tried to get him off when he clearly did it lol, also she could have easily just hid them somewhere. his mom seems like an idiot
I am actually feeling a physical sick reaction to the mothers burning of such art. It’s happened long ago many times when rulers during the medieval period and earlier would in war destroy entire libraries and any museum just to erase history of the invaded lands. And so much, if not all, were single prints without any other copies and all lost to fires. An enormous amount of history gone up in smoke.
It's still happening they don't even need fire now just a couple clicks an boom its gone.
IKr, me too. I was expecting they would not be harmed. Her son would not have wanted them harmed.
Makes my breath short... my skin crawls... OMG.... irreplaceable!
yeah, a city lady at that age should have known the value to the world when going to destroy such irreplaceable history. I know she wanted to protect her son. that's what moms will and should do. for all that effort, she and the girlfriend could have cooperated to find some other nice anonymous attic or garage to store the loot. if not for the mom's poor effort at destruction, the kid would be out easy again. in adding just one more step to find alternate storage, the art would be saved and the kid also out. he was still doomed because he couldn't bring himself to stop. important lessons here- 1. don't steal art. 2. moderate your bad habits 3. don't talk to cops 😎
My dad told me the story of one of his uncles. He was a linguist who knew 10+ languages and worked for the MOD as a translator. During the war he helped Jews escape from Nazi Germany. He had an extensive library of many rare books.
When he died, his wife burnt all the books. ;{
This is one of the most fascinating stories I've heard on your channel, absolutely breathtaking.
What fascinated me the most is how they got to the USA, including the guard who had time to get into a USA police uniform (:
How is this not a movie?! Such a good arc, excitement and tragedy. I'd watch it.
Mans still confirmed stealing as of 2019 so I think we have a few more years before his story has enough of an ending for that movie to work.
There's a moral in there, in the way his obsessive love for these art pieces led to their destruction.
So true. That's usually what happens with obsessing over something.
Rod serling would have been proud of the story...
Like a moth to a flame
@@leeking6939 but moths are nocturnal and follow the moon instead of a flame.
@@SlapstickGenius23 nope moths are drawn to fire. They can't help themselves. That's why they enter it and die. If you have been to a camp you will understand
You’re an excellent narrator, I felt like I was there 😁
Me too! I was the officer in the background at 19:17
I felt you watched over my shoulder while I stole the paintings
"And, like all good stories, this one starts with cheese."
Obviously a Wallace and Grommet fan.
Oh I thought you were quoting hunter biden. Lol
@@bczarrockbeast6264 Lets just say this guy wouldn't be stealing Hunter's paintings, unlike his Chinese buddies
I forgot about Wallace and Grommit, thought it was a reference to Mr. Sensible. Lol
@@bczarrockbeast6264 I don't get the connection?
Wallace is my idol.
People never expect the simple and easiest ways to do something. They think something like stealing art is going to take months of planning, and a team of people. So when you do the EXACT opposite of that. People will never assume it would ever happen.
when one pass security everything they are looking for is right in front of their face. - The story of the boy who stole (valueable) wagons filled with useless dirt from the castle
It all depends on the situation.
Some require months even years of planning while another job that has a similar result only requires a screwdriver level of planning and effort.
A lot of security is mainly theater, it’s there to prevent people from thinking that they can steal something, not to actually prevent theft. This is effectively border security and the TSA to a tee.
If you just want to stare at the piece in the privacy of your own home, yes. If you want to fence the piece and get cash out of your effort? I does takes months of planning, and certainly a team of fences to make it happen, unless you want to get caught.
Thus, Occam's razor
What is probably most disturbing is this was never put on the news. This is the first I'm hearing about this and it's a 20-year-old event. He's probably still running around doing it. They keep letting him out after a few years.
Well, he got caught in 2005, published his book in 2006, Got caught again in both 2011 and 2019 and clearly the book sales weren't enough given he was trying to sell the paperweight online. He's been proven to be actively stealing from ages 25 through ~48, so I'm pretty sure he's not getting better.
At this point its just untreated serial kleptomania and he'll probably be stealing for his whole life.
Disturbing? It’s downright hilarious. He should get a job as a museum security inspector and they should pay him for showing them how vulnerable their pieces are. 😂 what a guy
@@hamsandwich1333
Not funny as he destroyed hundreds of original art work.
I think they were copies as nobody put up a fuss.
@@reypolice5231 he didn’t destroy nothing, his mother did. Also art is overvalued anyway. It’s all just some random people’s scribbles. The majority of it doesn’t even look pleasant anyways. People who think art is some priceless commodity never grew up and are half retarded.
@@hamsandwich1333
A picture is worth a thousand works. His actions of theft premeditated, lead to his mother destroying the evidence.
Weather you value art or not it is some else's work and someone else's property. If art doesn't communicate to you, kindly go to a museum or art gallery and find something that you find beautiful and dose communicate joy, and love, or brings you peace.
If you can't or won't look at man's creations, kindly look at all that the creator made around you. It's all Art, a butterfly, a puppy, a flower, the world is god's art gallery and man copies it because it is beautiful.
Yes the dollar value it opinion.
But the real value is it's impact on people's lives. The impact that art had on mankind and his peace is forever lost.
Kindly look for the joy in all the art that is around you. Some of it is not my taste, but some of it is. Never the less it dose resonate with someone else,
Hope you find something beautiful to look at and marvel. A tree, a mountain, a forest, morning sunrise over a valley with the fog lifting and the birds singing, all Art and some people capture that moment in art, some don't.
Steph stealing the art just to enjoy and collect it rather than make a quick buck- that's funnily wholesome.
Hurts my soul to know his mom destroyed em though, bet it ruined Steph's day too lol.
I'd be devastated tbh... *depressing*
Even more wholesome when you consider the fact that he took the bullet for his GF. He must've really loved her.
Agreed. Best reason to nick some shit is because you like it.
I thought so too at first but then realized he was actually being selfish. I am sure other art lovers would’ve wanted to be able to appreciate them too, he just wanted to keep them for himself
Steph the thief’s Family is so screwed up.
who will win?
A security team/system and a police force
or
Handy Manny
please stop replying with crappy foreign spirituality channel spam
Handy Manny, of course! Why is this even a question? Lmao
Handy manny!
Security team. He only had the guts to steal from small museums with barley any security.
Can we fix it?
No Bob just sign the divorce papers
Ah, so that's why security cameras are now shielded by glass.
Seems he appreciated artwork more than many who own them for the sake of owning 'expensive art'.
Art is tax evasion for most owners, lets say they buy it for 3 mil 5 years later they hire their own appraiser and evaluate the painting at 25mil for reasons inflation that it hasnt appeared in public etc. etc..After that they donate said painting to a museum and hooray 20+ mil saved on taxes from the tax deduction. What they are doing is essentially pre paying their taxes at a 90% discount and if you own a gallery acquiring said art is a tax deduction to begin with.
It’s investment
Art costs as much as the buyer is willing to pay for it . So in his eyes he may think he stole 50$ in total :D
Exactly
Damn the lawyer must've used this to reduce his sentence.
"Art costs the amount of money someone needs to launder."
Surely the seller also has a say in it?
@@NarwahlGaming need to move 500million and insure it without paying taxes??? 🤣😂
What a great story! Damn, I can't believe his mom destroyed them! Surely she could've found someplace to hide them. Was they ever able to fix any of the paintings that were damaged?
Nope, because they were all completely burnt to ashes, which then brings up a question. Why did the mother make the 'I burnt this artwork, so you couldn't find the artwork' excuse by knowing full well she was going to lead the investigators to the ashes???? Seems like we're assuming she's being honest and no manipulation is going on. I suspect he mother has thrown some artwork on the fire, you know the cheaper ones, and also created some splashes of paint on some cheap paper ext and thrown that on the fire too...giving the impression that she burnt it all. What if, this isn't the end of the story? Imagine it isn't, and in 20 years Thoughty2 has to make a new video how the mother had the same genes for manipulation and keeping artwork. 😝
This guy is the frickin’ Agent 47 who steals paintings.
I hate thieves who steal art. It is really not cool and it is weak.
@@univuniveral9713 well, I hate thieves in general. 😅
@@univuniveral9713 I don't care if someone steals art from a museum. I hate thieves who steal from people's homes more.
@@Gamer_io I hate people who use the Government to steal from Peter to give to Paul, thinking they did something noble. But can't reach into their own pocket to give to Paul themselves.
His mother destroying all that artwork , All that history and 18 months in jail ? ignorance and foolishness that hurts humanity must suitably punished
This is one of my favorite stories I’ve heard so far. Bravo
I'm not a huge fan of art but to destroy it all like that is absolutely crazy.
How did they get such little jail time. Not only did he steal 1.4 billion worth of art but his mother destroyed the art worth that amount.
Because it's just art. Neither he or his mother endangered human lives.
Honestly, big thumbs up for your editing. Great work. Nobody mentions it, so I will.
And nobody agrees to you, so I will.
@@lesliejohnrichardson disagree xD
everyone in the comments just going "why did she burn it?!"
i bet the mom had no idea what those actually were, she probably thought "eh, some cheap painting, no one will care if it burns"
yeah, it's a shame that the paintings got burned, but at the end of the day they're just that, paintings. What's done is done, no point in crying about it.
Fascinating, disgusting and depressing all at the same time.
disgusting?
depressing?
@@ltdan6466 I can see depressing, the part about all the art being burned. But nothing in this video can be considered disgusting
@Maksym yes
OMFG!!!! I can't believe she burned all of that priceless art! Just to save her idiot son from going to jail. That is an absolute tragedy. It makes me sick to my stomach.
Yes it was unesseesery
What's makes it even worse is the fact that her son only got 3 years in prison for that which imo is way too low and not that much in general
China can make new ones
thats the greatest mom ever on the plannet. are u nuts
@@waribra599 made what went wong
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Omg. The moment he said "they just let the greatest art thievf in history get away" I jump out of my seat. Great way to start the video. So exciting.
Thanks for spoiling
@@roblazer6999 why u in the comments before u watch the vid lol whatchu expect
*thief
@@roblazer6999 wtf are you doing in the comment section. The video is up there
@@Ultamami yeah, a typo
21:37 for a second I expected to hear "when they searched his prison cell they found countless priceless works of stolen art xD"
His mums actions probably made things much much worse. Never mind the fact that she destroyed all that art. Her crime was far far far worse than her sons, she should have got 20 years.
Your videos are getting more and more addicting fr
This makes me so sad, he was completely devastated by the loss of the artwork, I don’t blame him.
Allegedly all burnt...you're assuming that this story is at the ending. Don't be surprised if the mother isn't on in 'keeping the artwork' by pretending to be a crazy loon burning it all. I suspect, this was a coy to trick authorities I mean the making the fire obvious is a little odd. She burnt it all so she could say, 'I burnt all the painting'. You see, something doesn't add up it is almost like she wanted them to think that. I would just burn some of the crappier art pieces, cheaper ones. Then I would get some paint, and splash some paint on bits of paper and throw them in a big fire...lol
Stories like this need to be movies or a short film
Who told you there are no movies
Well point me to the movie or short film sir
People plan art heists for years with a handful of people and this guy just strolls in and picks it up and leaves
"huh, theres this same guy in all 58 locations that had a painting stolen the same day is appearing on the security footages. no biggie"
He should have just got one of those HD tv's that you hang on the wall and it cycles through artwork.
My heart breaks that his mom threw art in a river and burned the rest makes me so sad. Were there not any options? Could she have not taken to the woods and buried them. Or idk thrown a tarp over them.
U really belive that lol
yeah, I was hoping he'd say she took them to a storage unit. hearing she destroyed them, tat hurt my soul
Ah yes lol. Bury paintings. That will keep them safe 😂
So many items of art and history have been lost in the past for many reasons. To purposely burn them is so heart breaking.
"This Man Stole $1.5 Billion Worth of Art With a Screwdriver"
- Original Title
Moral of the story never tell the police anything even when they seem to hold all the cards.
i have NEVER had the urge to push over an old person, or jump from heights, and i worked as a roofer for a summer.
WTF is wrong with people?
She was willing to burn all that art to protect her son, but she couldn't get him a lawyer?
Well the lawyer is expensive, burning it doesn’t cost anything
I've heard this story before. It's a good one. In the other version I heard, he'd started bawling when they told him about the ones his momma burned. The others could be restored, but those are lost forever.
Probably just like the partners/parents/victims of alcoholics dumping their found booze... "He'll never see THIS crap again!"
@@glenns5627 it ain’t “crap” it’s art that is hundreds of years old and holds a lot of history. You really comparing priceless art to alcohol?
@@slamyourheadin9449 come on.. use common sense.. he's making a metaphor. He saying that was his addiction as alcohol is to someone and it similarly hurt him to know they were destroyed as it would a alcoholic to know their alcohol was flushed.
@@justin01144 the metaphor doesn't hold up because she is clearly helping him by getting rid of the paintings, rather than him learning his lesson..
Even though it didn't work out
Moral of the story, art is priceless.
Those who can't pay, may just Take it.
8:41 “Be back in 10 hun, gonna run down to the corner museum and pick up another painting! Need me to get you anything?!”
The problem here is economic. Subsistence wages(or not even) for the underclass, waiters, security guards, nurses, perhaps even police.
'blue geezer playing guitar" I nearly spit my coffee out laughing!
3 years for stealing 1.4 billion dollars. Bro that's like a mini vacation after hard work
"balls of legend" and "blue geezer playing quitar" cracked me up good xD
This would be such an amazing movie
I know of several Chinese Billionaires who would buy those paintings.
This was a sad story to those of us who also love art.
yeah that mom is a real bitch lol. i'm sure if the guy really appreciated the art he wouldn't have wanted it destroyed and would have had a contingency plan for this, probably one that didn't involve a river. maybe the mom didn't know the value or just valued her son more, who knows. still a fucked thing to do to try to save someone who is so clearly guilty
Devastating
@@inyrui dude was lucky. me mum would've sold me out and gave me a huge slap in the face after my dad clapped me with a stick lol
Or money
I'm glad Yoshi Shiratori finally got the recognition he deserves.
But I want to know if he's still with his girlfriend. You cant tell a story of true love & not finish it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm surprised he didn't end up working for les UX.
What a resume.
As if they are so easy to work with, I looked for weeks for a way to contact them
@@nemanja98rs
You can't find les UX,
they find you.......
Neo
@@PrairieWolff hahaha I guess, tell them I'm writing a book and need to play 10 questions with them xD
"Whats ur idea of the perfect first date?"
"Idk... stealing 1.4 billion dollars worth of artwork ig"
Absolutely beautifull life. So beautifull to have that view at home. Funny problem that gets bigger and bigger.
I don't think he stole them all... he only confessed to doing so. Who really knows what paintings his mother had burned... or didn't burn? Therefore there is no precise record. Some lucky art thieves now own paintings that are assumed burned or are assumed were stolen by this master art thief.
It's weird I haven't run into an exact accounting. Don't the museums/their insurance carriers know?
@@SF-fb6lv The insurance companies would have a record of significant paintings. But there is still no proof that this particular art thief stole them all. It would be convenient for the police to frame (no pun intended) this guy to close up their art theft records.
If only he said he won't talk without a lawyer
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It amazes me that any collection of art would be worth even a $billion. It's just decoration, it doesn't do anything important.
@@chronotone833 I agree! I just find it strange that people find value in such things for such absurd reasons.
Man, people always telling on themselves. Never talk to the cops.
stop writing down your crimes!
The mother should have gotten more for destroying so much history
Shouldn’t all of them be incased in a box / protector due to them being high value?
He stole A LOT of art but not super high value, these were probably rather cheap ($50-$200) and not expected to be stolen
@Lindy T Didn't think it trough
He admitted to stealing about 170 pieces but it's thought he stole around 250, which'd put the average art piece at 5mil in value
@@Natural_Power well i guess they weren‘t as high of value at the time they were stolen
@@Natural_Power Fun Fact: Before it was stolen and returned, the Mona Lisa was considered one of da Vinci's lesser-quality works
It must of been Hunter Bidens work. That's why all he got was a slap on the wrist. Possibly a pat on the back too for getting rid of that horrid display.
He must have been heartbroken to learn his mum had torched part of his collection.. can't believe that burning beautiful irreplaceable art.. 😢
This might be the best example of why you should never talk to police. Never. Never ever ever. Not ever. Not once. Not ever. Talk only to your lawyer in confidence and in private.
19:25 Lawyers say you should always keep your mouth firmly shut during police interviews.
He saw, admired it and took it. A real man takes what he wants.
Haha he used rudimentary disguises I can just picture someone being like “hey, you are the guy that stole a bunch of our art last week are you?” And the thief just saying “ of course not, I have a mustache and glasses, so there’s no way it was me”
Exactly!!
What's actually crazy about it is most people don't think thieve are just gonna be out in the open with cartoony disguises, but it actually works because no one suspects it
You da Crumb!!!
Super easy
Suddenly, Clark Kent and his glasses don't look as silly as I thought they did.......
With a title like that, I immediately think of the Lockpicking Lawyer vids of him disabling so many locks in seconds.
Thoughty2 is the greatest thief in history.
He stole my ability to stay on task when i get a notification about his new video. And then commence down the rabbit hole of "thoughty2" videos until i finally realize that its 3am and i have work in 2 hours.... DAMN YOU THOUGHTY2!!!! DAMN YOU!!!! 😂😂
You could say, "Honor among thieves!" Ahhhh, until the mom destroyed some of the art pieces.
"Meet the Man Who Stole $1.4 Billion With a Screwdriver"
A regular MacGyver!
I used to suffer from hair loss, until I realized that it was in the last place that I left it.
I almost threw up when you said she burned the paintings. So much history, just, gone forever. So sad. Normally I don’t particularly care about the crime of theft, barely consider it a crime if it’s not committed against an individual. But this makes me sad and angry in a way I haven’t felt in a long time.
That destroyed artwork!!!!! That is a tragedy of history. I think I would have tried to figure a way to return them to a museum/gallery. After wiping the prints off, of course.
What a fantastically captivating episode. Didn’t know this guy existed. So interesting!
Check out more I love this dude good narration and humor
The real crime is people think he stole $1.4 BILLION. Cmon these works wouldn’t even be worth that much without inconceivable wealth
Girlfiend: "Omg Stephane is in trouble, we stole a billion dollars worth of art together and the police are coming."
Mom *in Heisenberg voice*: "We've got work to do."
Im just glad not all the art works were burnt but buried in the water some of them got found
I knew a French artist who was involved in an art theft scheme that involved making copies of targeted paintings & swapping them for the originals. Before the cops come kicking in my door, let me clarify that he was a friend of my then boyfriend, also French. I didn't much care for the arrogant twat myself, but I once the initial spike in stress they invoked wore off, I grew quite fond of the pair of Modiglianis that graced my living room wall for the better part of four years.
Lies 🤣
Woulda believed your story except for the party where you said they kicked in your door.
@@tritesy I don't think you read that right...
Congrats on almost 4million!
your content is really amazing and from all the channels i been following over the years, yours is one i like the most, the way u explain things, your accent, your charisma, you are interesting too listen too, your voice is made for this!! awesome channel.
Have you checked out the Why Files?
@@Exxeron-ob3tvAJ & Hecklefish have charisma in spades! WF is such a great channel.
I was more sad to hear all that beautiful art ended up in the river lol
But seriously, all those crimes and he got THREE YEARS?! Bloody hell. He probably should have gotten a longer sentence...
And I can't believe he stole all that art just to keep it. That is...insane and terrific.
Do it again repeat offender caught for the 3rd time now 3 years again and this is from someone penniless. Pretty sure stealing 1.4 billion ANY other way would have you locked up for life
How on earth could you sell a famous, stolen painting?
Suddenly just now, I want to be a great art thief. This is so inspiring.
Try map's easier pretty profitable and collectables LoL
Hey thoughty2 please please do a video on the hollow earth theory 🙏🏾 🙏🏾 🙏🏾 🙏🏾 (agartha)
It reminds me of Mr. Bean the movie when he accidentally accidentally sneezes and tries to wipe the painting of Whistlers Mother, and smears pen ink on it. Something so valuable left where it can be sneezed on haha.
I guess I'm the only one who thought the action of a mother willing to burn away billions of dollars of irreplaceable artwork to protect her son was strangely in and of itself an artful expression. I imagine if many of the original artists could have known how this story played out they'd probably be more mused than anything that their creations made this much emotion and inspired so many different elements of being human.
Lol what
Imagine you upload an Instagram account and some random joe steals your account and privates it and as soon as you almost get it back his dumb mother deletes the entire account.
with sentences that small one could guess the judge was bought with a work of art the mom saved from destruction
Okay, it may sound strange, but I sort of respect him for this. He wasn't doing it for money or anything, or to ruin art, he had a passion for it. Honestly it would have been no harm done if his mother didn't burn some of the paintings, there must have been other options, like throwing them all in the woods or canal instead. I think the sentance of 3 years was proper, and the swiss system must be at least moderately fair
Never talk to the police if interviewed. There is absolutely nothing to be gained from it. That includes us upstanding citizens. They even tell you that what you say can and will be used against you.
…And never for you
Yep never say anything
Ah yes, his mom has his back and is going to hide the art. Wait, she's what...
I will never understand how some of this stuff is called art and worth so much.
I guess some rich people with shitty taste and pretentious personality will believe that the worth of the art is whatever the price tag says
It’s about storing value and avoiding taxes. Art is just the vehicle.
Money laundering
I’ll try this the next time I visit a gallery or old castle