Yeah, I know, multi-million dollar art heists or something we usually see on TV or in the movies,

but they happen in real life, too, as we saw last month in the robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

While they rounded up the robbers in that case, up to now,

they haven't recovered the centuries-old French royal jewels that were stolen.

But did you know there was a world- art theft in Boston 35 years ago? With paintings stolen that were worth more than the

Louvre's jewels. I'm Patty Steele. A fake mustache, crummy security, and hundreds of millions of

dollars disappears into thin air.

That's next on the backstory.

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We're all sort of amazed that one of the most high-profile art museums in the world could have such crummy security.

Last month in Paris, the Louvre Museum was robbed by some pretty basic everyday criminals.

One guy was last arrested after ramming his car into an ATM to get some cash, and another

has a record involving mostly traffic tickets. So how did these guys break into the museum

that houses the Mona Lisa? Well, they had a small truck with an extension ladder and backed it

up to a balcony outside the museum gallery that held the priceless jewels.

They smashed through the glass and then broke open the cases holding the jewels and took off.

Turns out the museum had few outdoor cameras and none were pointed at the window where the robbers

broke in. Plus the ones they did have were really, really old, pretty crummy

equipment. And guess what? This isn't all that unusual. The biggest art heist in history

happened 35 years ago in Boston, and the robbers got away with 13 pieces of art, today

worth at least $600 million, the highest-value museum

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