Left Empty

In the months that followed, the frames that once held the paintings were never removed. They remain to this very day on the wall in the hopes that the paintings would once again be in them. More importantly, the museum has reached out to the public and offered a reward, especially for the finial. This alone would cost the institution $100,000, which would be given to whoever can hand it back to them.

FBI Steps In

The cops who handled the case handed it over to the FBI, thinking that the paintings could possibly cross state lines. The bigger men were here and they were willing to do anything to get what was stolen back to its rightful owner. And what they did was to conduct hundreds of interviews, with experts and authorities hailing from Scotland, Japan, and even Paris.