I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is a Sunday story from Up First.
Late one morning in September 2023, the famous Dutch art detective,
Arthur Brand, was pacing around his Amsterdam apartment, waiting for a special delivery.
And then at 12 o'clock, the doorbell rang.
Brand looked out the window, and on the stoop, he saw a man,
who he'd been expecting, holding an iconic big blue bag.
So I opened the door and he was standing there with an Ikea bag.
Now, what Brand was expecting inside that Ikea bag was a painting.
Not just any painting, but a Vincent van Gogh that had been stolen from a Dutch museum.
But when he peeked into the bag...
The only thing I saw was a pillow full of blood.
A pillow full of blood.
Today on the show, a story about an art detective, the criminal underworld,
and what it took to solve one of the greatest art heists in recent history.
We'll be right back.
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