THE GREAT MONA LISA THEFT AND SCAM #history #crimehistory #shorts #theft
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THE GREAT MONA LISA THEFT AND SCAM #history #crimehistory #shorts #theft

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On August 21, 1911, Vincenzo Perugia, an Italian handyman who had previously worked at the museum, stole the painting from the Louvre. It took 26 hours before its absence was noticed, partly due to the Louvre’s vast size and relatively lax security. Perugia kept the painting in his apartment for over two years before being caught when he attempted to sell it in Italy.
In 1932, journalist Karl Decker published a story in the Saturday Evening Post claiming that Eduardo de Valfierno paid Vincenzo Perugia and others to steal it. Before its theft, he paid an artist to make six copies of the Mona Lisa. The forgeries were sold to unsuspecting buyers, each believing they had the original. Because Valfierno wanted to sell forgeries, he only needed the original Mona Lisa to disappear and never contacted Peruggia again after the crime. Eventually, Peruggia was caught trying to sell the painting. It was returned to the Louvre in 1913.
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