Killer Means Awesome

Killer Crimes - The Mona Lisa Heist

Brainstorm Season 4 Episode 12

In 1911, a handyman hid in a Louvre closet overnight, then simply walked out the next morning with the Mona Lisa under his apron—pulling off the most famous art theft in history. Before this audacious crime, Leonardo's masterpiece was just another Renaissance painting; it returned as the world's most iconic artwork.

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