This US Couple Shock World With Rs 1,223 Crore Art Heist
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The Harwood Museum is urging anyone who may have information on the whereabouts of the two missing paintings to come forward.
An elderly couple from New Mexico, Jerry and Rita Alter, who lived a seemingly ordinary life, are now suspected of being behind a daring art heist in the 1980s, according to The Metro. The couple allegedly stole a Willem de Kooning painting worth around 120,000,000 pounds (Rs 1223.16 crore) from an art museum in Arizona.
After Jerry's death, the stolen painting was discovered hanging behind their bedroom door. The FBI is now investigating their involvement in multiple art thefts and trying to track down two other paintings that were also found in their house, as per the news report.
The Alters, despite having modest incomes, were able to travel extensively around the world. Their nephew informed the FBI that Rita had a large sum of money in bonds before her death.
