Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Canvas Full of Banknotes Too Tempting for Thieves
Norwegian artist Jan Christensen must have thought he had a most creative idea when he glued 100,000 bills of 1000 kroner each ( in all about 16,000 US $ ) to the canvas in a painting titled "Relative Value", which was displayed at the MGM Gallery in Oslo.
Unfortunately, this idea was too attractive and tempting to a bunch of thieves as well who broke into the gallery during the weekend and methodically cut off each bill off the canvas and left the frame behind.
The thieves were so nice that they even took the canvas out of the frame before proceeding to pick off each bill!
Unfortunately, this idea was too attractive and tempting to a bunch of thieves as well who broke into the gallery during the weekend and methodically cut off each bill off the canvas and left the frame behind.
The thieves were so nice that they even took the canvas out of the frame before proceeding to pick off each bill!
