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An art expert assists an investigation into a stolen painting in Barcelona; as more paintings are being stolen, she learns she is being framed for the crimes. She must solve the crimes and clear her name with the assistance of her estranged New York cop husband.

The story follows a slew of museum art robberies that occurred in Europe, in which Chinese antiquities were stolen, chiefly those that came from the country’s old Summer Palace which was raided in 1860 by French soldiers. No one knows who the thieves are, but the works of art continually wind up back in China. Essentially, there’s a new generation of wealthy Chinese people who are collecting artifacts from the old Summer Palace. Is China’s government behind the art theft wave? The feature questions who gets to own art, and who gets to own history and culture.

FAKERS is a sharp, fast moving tale of blackmail and forgery set in the upper echelons of the international art society. Set in present day London and 1911 Italy.

An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.

Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover as he’s fallen in love.

An art thief trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and invention to survive.

A retired master thief must protect his impulsive brother from disaster when a 100 million dollar yacht heist spirals into a dangerous web of deception. Old foes emerge as the stakes rise, forcing him to use every trick he knows to stay alive.

An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

In his own words, the burglar behind the 2010 robbery of the Paris Museum of Modern Art tells how he pulled off the biggest art heist in French history.

A legendary thief sets his sights on the Mona Lisa, da Vinci’s iconic painting residing at Le Louvre museum in Paris. He recruits two young strangers to help him — a sharp Italian cybercrime expert and a swaggering French explosives specialist — before revealing they are long-lost siblings and that he is their father. Thrown into a chaotic reunion they never asked for, this new family must learn to work together — and try not to kill each other — if they want any chance at pulling off the heist of the century.

The Stooges are carpenters who become policemen. A mysterious burglar disguised as a gorilla has the cops baffled and Mr. Dill, the head of the citizens league, threatening the police chief's job. The boys go on the case and pose as night watchmen at an antiques store. They confront the crook, who turns out to be a real gorilla owned by Dill. After defeating Dill and some other bad guys in a wild fight, the gorilla drinks some nitroglycerin and blows up.

Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away with a loot of more than hundred invaluable pieces of Mayan art, unaware of the consequences of their outrageous act.

After losing her job as a barista, Roni sets out to reinvent herself by starting a smoothie business. She recruits her well-meaning but clueless friends, Brett and Jared, to help make her dream a reality. But their ambitions spiral out of control when the trio stumbles upon the legendary Mr. Lime Cereal recipe. What begins as a simple venture quickly turns sour, leading to a tangled web of shady deals and moral compromises.

In the high-stakes sequel How to Replace a Heart, the fallout from their previous heist catches up with Peter and Audrey when they are hunted down by the ruthless Ms. Bridger and a disgruntled bodyguard. To settle a massive debt and recover a stolen necklace, the pair is forced into a daring new operation: stealing a "real" masterpiece from the private collection of a wealthy divorcée named Grace. Working alongside their former adversaries, they infiltrate a Lake Washington gala undercover as cater-waiters, utilizing a complex diversion involving a wine-drenched painting and a timed security reset. While Peter distracts the mark with a calculated "fake-flirtation," Audrey orchestrates a seamless swap of the multimillion-dollar artwork. However, as they deliver the prize to clear their names, they remain unaware that their target is already planning a personal vendetta. This slick follow-up blends romantic tension with a double-crossing caper where no one's heart—or art—is truly safe.

The sophisticated thief of art Robert "Cuma" Cumiński is released on probation from the local prison by the corrupt Doctor Wiaderny to organize the theft of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci painting "Lady with Ermine" for the dealer Gruby. Three years ago, Cuma was accidentally arrested by the snoopy detective Wilk after a successful heist in the house of the collector Lehman, but he has not ratted his comrade Julian.

An intrepid archeology professor and his team of students are the only ones who stand in the way of an ISIS illicit antiquities network. Faced with losing their cultural heritage they become spies and they go undercover in ISIS territory. They dodge bombs and militia to create a system to monitor theft and destruction of Syrian antiquities. During this process, they discover more than they anticipated, discovering thousands of trafficked items and that the crimes committed are being enabled by terrorists and multinational corporations. The tragedy continues because the sale of illegal goods are uncovered in the most unsuspecting place.

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A life coach is faced with a risky challenge when a friend proposes a plan to stage a fake session and steal a manuscript worth six million riyals from an old tycoon.

When two thieves attempt to steal a prized museum painting, their original escape attempt is ruined through a planning mistake. Now they must try to find a new exit before they get caught.

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In this coming of age story, Anne Marie (a Dublin teenager) expresses her desire to see the Northern Lights. However, her trip is complicated when she must contend with an art heist and her abusive father.