The Metropolitan Police has solved several thefts of art in the past few days. The cases are not related to one another, except by the fact that they all involve stolen artwork. Among the works of art recovered was the traditional woman‘s costume, upphlutur, which was stolen from an exhibition in Reykjavík City Hall earlier past weekend.
The Metropolitan Police posted on its Facebook account that in the past few days it had solved three cases involving stolen artwork. Among the items recovered were paintings, a sculpture and a historic woman‘s costume.
Read more: Thief stole a traditional Icelandic woman's costume from exhibition in City Hall
A man in his thirties was arrested after he admitted he had stolen four paintings from a Reykjavík hotel. The paintings were all recovered. A man in his fifties was arrested after police searched his home to recover a sculpture the man had stolen from Hallgrímskirkja church. The man confessed to the crime.
Finally, a woman in her fifties admitted to having been accessory to the theft of a traditional woman‘s costume from an exhibition celebrating women's suffrage in Reykjavík City Hall. The costume, like the other artwork, was returned to its rightful owners.
The Metropolitan Police has solved several thefts of art in the past few days. The cases are not related to one another, except by the fact that they all involve stolen artwork. Among the works of art recovered was the traditional woman‘s costume, upphlutur, which was stolen from an exhibition in Reykjavík City Hall earlier past weekend.
The Metropolitan Police posted on its Facebook account that in the past few days it had solved three cases involving stolen artwork. Among the items recovered were paintings, a sculpture and a historic woman‘s costume.
Read more: Thief stole a traditional Icelandic woman's costume from exhibition in City Hall
A man in his thirties was arrested after he admitted he had stolen four paintings from a Reykjavík hotel. The paintings were all recovered. A man in his fifties was arrested after police searched his home to recover a sculpture the man had stolen from Hallgrímskirkja church. The man confessed to the crime.
Finally, a woman in her fifties admitted to having been accessory to the theft of a traditional woman‘s costume from an exhibition celebrating women's suffrage in Reykjavík City Hall. The costume, like the other artwork, was returned to its rightful owners.
