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Painting stolen in heist three decades ago returned to museum

A painting stolen during a museum heist in Glasgow more than 30 years ago has been found after being put up for auction by an unsuspecting seller.






A painting stolen during a museum heist in Glasgow more than 30 years ago has been found after being put up for auction by an unsuspecting seller.

Thieves deactivated an alarm system and climbed up a ladder and through an upstairs window to break into the Haggs Castle Museum of Childhood in 1989.

They stole a cache of artefacts, some on loan from the world-famous Burrell Collection.

And none of them has been seen since - until now.

Children Wading, painted by Robert Gemmell Hutchison in 1918, was found after being listed on... More from the BBC


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Painting stolen in heist three decades ago returned to museum

A painting stolen during a museum heist in Glasgow more than 30 years ago has been found after being put up for auction by an unsuspecting seller.






A painting stolen during a museum heist in Glasgow more than 30 years ago has been found after being put up for auction by an unsuspecting seller.

Thieves deactivated an alarm system and climbed up a ladder and through an upstairs window to break into the Haggs Castle Museum of Childhood in 1989.

They stole a cache of artefacts, some on loan from the world-famous Burrell Collection.

And none of them has been seen since - until now.

Children Wading, painted by Robert Gemmell Hutchison in 1918, was found after being listed on... More from the BBC


 



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