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Stolen Van Gogh handed to Dutch art sleuth in Ikea bag

BBC News

By Paul Kirby

September 12, 2023

A Van Gogh painting stolen from a Dutch museum in March 2020 is back in safe hands after a three-and-a-half-year quest to recover it.

Dutch art detective Arthur Brand said he had been handed the 139-year-old painting in a pillow and an Ikea bag by a man who came to his front door.

“I did this in complete co-ordination with Dutch police and we knew this guy wasn’t involved in the theft,” he said.

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