# Any update on the stolen Van Gogh pictures? (Calling Coldfire!)

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**Created:** [December 17, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-the-stolen-van-gogh-pictures-calling-coldfire/143274 "2002-12-17T06:29:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-the-stolen-van-gogh-pictures-calling-coldfire/143274/1 "2002-12-17T06:29:56Z")

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[http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/12/07/vangogh.stolen/](http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/12/07/vangogh.stolen/)

Any updates on this recent case? And what is the local press take on this?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-the-stolen-van-gogh-pictures-calling-coldfire/143274/2 "2002-12-18T03:39:39Z")

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There is no new news about the theft, accordin to Google News.

But you might find this article interesting. It’s about recovering stolen art. [http://www.sundayherald.com/29970](http://www.sundayherald.com/29970)

It would seem that thefts aren’t confined to art.

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> Saturday’s theft came after a multimillion-dollar diamond heist last week from a museum in The Hague. Earlier this year, five important works from the Frans Hals museum in Haarlem were stolen. The burglaries in Amsterdam and Haarlem were committed in a similar, low-tech manner – thieves broke in after hours, triggering alarms, but escaped within minutes before police arrived at the scene.