From 1995 to 2001, a man from eastern France stole 239 different pieces of art from 172 museums, an average of one theft every 14 days.It's estimated that the value of all the stolen art was over 1 billion Euros, but he never sold a single piece of it.
The early life of Stéphane Breitwieser
Breitwieser's life falls apart
Meeting (and falling in love with) his accomplice
The first theft
Why he was such an unusual art thief
How the thefts would take place
Why he was a billionaire with no money
Being arrested for the first time
Promising to do things differently
Becoming even bolder
Breaking promises
Getting caught
The aftermath of the crime
Breitwieser's hopeless addiction to theft
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