A famous American art thief sat down with NewsCenter 5 to discuss the latest Louvre Museum art heist, something he thinks was done “by professionals.”Meet Myles Connor.Connor walked into the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in the 1980s and walked out with a Rembrandt painting.He also says he pulled off a number of different art heists in the 70s.On Sunday, four suspects posing as construction workers stole jewelry of “inestimable value” from France’s famous Louvre Museum, including jewels that once belonged to Napoleon and his wife.The entire robbery took about 7 minutes.Connor says there are a few possible outcomes to this brazen break-in.According to Connor, the thieves could have been commissioned by a billionaire who wants to keep the jewels to themselves, and they would never be seen again.But he hopes they plan to hold onto them and then use them to get a cash reward.5 Investigates reporter Karen Anderson asked what he’d say to the thieves right now.”Well, I’d say don’t let anything happen to them and don’t sell ’em to somebody that you think would not eventually return them,” Connor said. “They are a valuable piece of French history. If they’re never returned, you’ll definitely go down in the annals of French history as thoroughly bad people, vilified as much as possible, and I would eventually make sure they were returned.”Connor says he does not think the jewelry will be broken up because they wouldn’t be as valuable that way.
BOSTON —
A famous American art thief sat down with NewsCenter 5 to discuss the latest Louvre Museum art heist, something he thinks was done “by professionals.”
Meet Myles Connor.
Connor walked into the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in the 1980s and walked out with a Rembrandt painting.
He also says he pulled off a number of different art heists in the 70s.
On Sunday, four suspects posing as construction workers stole jewelry of “inestimable value” from France’s famous Louvre Museum, including jewels that once belonged to Napoleon and his wife.
The entire robbery took about 7 minutes.
Connor says there are a few possible outcomes to this brazen break-in.
According to Connor, the thieves could have been commissioned by a billionaire who wants to keep the jewels to themselves, and they would never be seen again.
But he hopes they plan to hold onto them and then use them to get a cash reward.
5 Investigates reporter Karen Anderson asked what he’d say to the thieves right now.
“Well, I’d say don’t let anything happen to them and don’t sell ’em to somebody that you think would not eventually return them,” Connor said. “They are a valuable piece of French history. If they’re never returned, you’ll definitely go down in the annals of French history as thoroughly bad people, vilified as much as possible, and I would eventually make sure they were returned.”
Connor says he does not think the jewelry will be broken up because they wouldn’t be as valuable that way.