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ποΈ 7 January 2019
β±οΈ 15 minutes
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0:00.0 | The art of stealing is a dangerous profession, but for some people it's simply a way of life. |
0:12.0 | There are petty thieves who take small items, but others, |
0:15.2 | like the ones on this list, |
0:17.0 | prefer to go big in very unconventional ways. |
0:20.8 | These are the five most daring and intelligent heights ever committed. |
0:26.2 | Five Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
0:29.2 | Heist. |
0:39.0 | The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum first opened in Boston, Massachusetts in 1898. Gardner was a socialite and prolific art collector. Her vast collection of precious paintings, art pieces, |
0:46.1 | and artifacts are all left on permanent display inside her museum for the public to see. |
0:51.8 | On the night of March 18th, 1990, two police officers knocked on the doors of the museum |
0:57.7 | and they told the security guard on duty that they were responding to a disturbance call. |
1:03.2 | The guard knew he wasn't supposed to let anyone in, but was unsure whether that rule applied |
1:07.9 | to police officers, so he let them enter. |
1:11.6 | Once inside, the two guards on duty were promptly tied up and brought down to the museum |
1:16.0 | basement where they were handcuffed and duct tape to the pipes |
1:20.0 | while the thieves helped themselves to the artwork. |
1:22.0 | With the museum only equipped while the thieves helped themselves to the artwork. |
1:23.4 | With the museum only equipped with a motion sensor, |
1:26.6 | investigators were later able to retrace the steps |
1:29.4 | the thieves had taken. |
1:31.2 | They first went upstairs to the Dutch room and proceeded to approach Rembrandt's self-portrait. |
1:37.0 | When the alarm sounded, they promptly smashed it. |
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