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South African art heist: Thieves steal $2m worth of paintings from Pretoria Art Museum

In a brazen mid-morning robbery, a trio of armed men stole five paintings by famous South African artists from the Pretoria Art Museum.

South African art heist: Police recover paintings stolen from Pretoria Art Museum

Four of the five missing paintings by South African artists, worth an estimated $2 million, were found in a cemetery in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth.

Christies auction house employee's pose with a painting by South African artist Irma Stern entitled 'Malay Girl with Hibiscus' in London, on December 12, 2008.

SHAUN CURRY

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