EUR 18.1 million to pay for the Rotterdam art heist and jail sentence for the Romanian thieves

Newsroom 14/07/2014 | 17:09

Adrian Procop, Alexandru Bitu, Olga Dogaru, Radu Dogaru and Petre Condrat are the Romanian thieves that have stolen the famous paintings from the Rotterdam museum in October 2012. They received jail sentence for two years up to six years and eight months, as well as a total payment of EUR 18.1 million. Unfortunately, the court’s decision can be appealed.

The paintings taken by the Romanian thieves are “Tete d´Arlequin” Pablo Picasso (in picture), “La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune” Henri Matisse, “Waterloo Bridge” and “Charing Cross Bridge” painted by Claude Monet, “Femme devant une fenêtre ouverte, dite la fiancée” Paul Gauguin, “Autoportrait” Meyer de Haan and “Woman with Eyes Closed” Lucian Freud.

The Rotterdam museum that fell victim to world’s biggest art heist in years admitted to Dutch police in 2012 that there were no security guards on duty when thieves stole the artworks, writes The Telegraph.

Also, Art Daily marks that Radu Dogaru threatened to sue the Dutch museum he took them from for making his robbery too easy. Despite their 18-million-euro ($24 million) estimated value, none of the paintings that belonged to the Triton Foundation was equipped with an alarm, Dutch authorities said, adds the same source.

Oana Vasiliu