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.

Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 12 Oct 2023


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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