Stolen Magritte Found
René Magritte's painting Les Reflets du Temps (1927), which was stolen from a storeroom last year, has been recovered. A member of the public looked it up on the Art & Antiques London Stolen Art Database (LSAD) and contacted the Art & Antiques Unit of the Metropolitan Police. Curiously, the LSAD website (CLICK) gives the following warning: "NOTE: This site must not be used for due diligence purposes." I've emailed the fuzz, requesting a translation. It's nice to know what one isn't supposed to do; then one can make an informed decision about whether to do it or not.
posted by Unknown @ 22.6.07
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A ruse to hand back a stolen painting using a Patsy with a clean record so to collect a reward.
This is just a test to see if a reward can be collected.
There has been a number of high value art thefts recently and rewards have been offered, if this buy back proves successful then others will follow, before the sting at the end, arrests and charges all round.
Don't be surprised to see this supposed member of the public being charged under the 2002 proceeds of crime act for attempting to extract a reward for returning stolen art.
I'm glad I'm not the only cynic. My first thought on reading this story was "Where the hell did he find it?" But you can't write "Some criminal scumbag returned this stolen item to the police for the reward" until you're certain that's what happened. It's a better ploy than contacting an art expert for an appraisal and getting nicked!
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