Man caught on camera tucking £17,000 sculpture in his shorts at art gallery
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Police in the US are on the hunt for a man who hid a £17,000 sculpture in his shorts in a brazen art gallery heist.
The theft at Duncan McClellan Gallery, in St Petersburg, Florida was caught on a security camera. St Petersburg Police is now sharing the footage in the hope someone might recognise the man, reports 7 News Miami. The force said he and an accomplice – who can also be seen in the video – walked into the gallery on November 11 last year.
The accomplice distracted a member of staff while the man picked up a piece called Torso XI by Latchezar Boyadjiev – worth $21,000 (£17,200) – and tucked it into his shorts. The accomplice, who has been identified as Willie Wilson, 45, was arrested and charged as a principal to grand theft greater than $20,000 but less than $100,000.
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