Art of the Heist - 1 ª Season

On December 22nd, 2000 three of the world's greatest art treasures were stolen from the National Museum in Stockholm. Together the Rembrandt and two Renoir paintings were valued at 50 million dollars. This is the story of the ruthless robbery of three masterpieces and the cunning and daring plan to trap the gang who had them.

It was the biggest art heist in American history - half a billion dollar's worth of paintings snatched from the walls of a Boston gallery. The haul included a rare Vermeer and paintings by Rembrandt and Degas. Since then teams of FBI agents have worked on the case. The question is: who is telling the truth and will the Boston masterpieces ever be found.

A songwriter-turned-forger joins a smooth-talking con man to rake in millions selling counterfeit paintings. As Scotland Yard zeroes in on the duo, the cops discover that the scam reaches into the inner sanctums of England's most famous museums, threatening the legacies of the world's greatest artists.

The Scream by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is one of the most famous and powerful images in history. In the past 12 years, it has been the target of thieves not once but twice. One version, stolen in 1994, was recovered. But a decade later, another Scream vanished when thieves walked into the Munch Museum in Oslo and ripped it from the walls along with a second Munch masterpiece, The Madonna.

The robbery of a Cézanne still life from the rustic home of an art collector shocks residents of a sleepy New England town. But as investigators run out of clues, a revelation from an unlikely source puts the investigation into a stunning new perspective.