Theft of 'The Weeping Woman' from the National Gallery of Victoria (en.wikipedia.org)

> It has been suggested that the thieves knew their art history: the method of the theft was an ironic homage to the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre.

In both cases, the thieves unscrewed the painting and took it. Feels a bit over the top to call it an homage, let alone an ironic one.

[flagged]

"the possibility of an "inside job" was not considered."

Given the circumstances, it probably should have been...

But then again, this has a happy ending. The painting was returned undamaged, nobody's hurt. Cool read.

Art theft is a pretty cool crime.

Great video about this “incident” and art theft in general https://youtu.be/EwK24E7QryU

> McCaughey stated that a specialised type of screwdriver, not available to the public, would have been required to take the painting off the wall.

Why bother with measures such as alarms and security cameras when you have the Super Secret Screws!

In reference to the suggestion that the 1986 theft was an homage to a 1911 theft:

> In 1911, Picasso and his contemporary Guillaume Apollinaire were both suspects in the Mona Lisa theft

> but were cleared of any association with the crime

being dead is quite a good alibi

I laughed out loud at this part, perfect Aussie humour:

“Chilean Australian artist Juan Davila painted a work titled Picasso Theft and offered to donate it to the National Gallery of Victoria in place of the stolen painting. Davila wrote that "mine is a real one".[25] Davila's Picasso Theft was exhibited in the Sydney Avago Gallery, and then itself was stolen.”