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Undertoad · 09-10-2003, 01:51 PM

If you have a digital camera, you have a duty to take shots of everything. You never know what will become interesting later.

What you're looking at is the theft of DaVinci's Madonna with the Yarnwinder from a castle in Britain.

The shot was taken by a tourist, who was visiting from New Zealand. But actually she wasn't just shooting at random; she shot because she thought it might be a robbery. And it was.

"We heard the alarm going off and the first man climbed over the wall and said not to worry, 'Don't worry love, We're the police. This is just a practice' he said. When the second man came over the wall we felt something was going on."

And it was, the theft of a painting worth anywhere from 25 to 100 million pounds ($40-145 M).

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But at least one person says it's not a DaVinci after all.

09-10-2003, 01:51 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/10/2003: DaVinci theft If you have a digital camera, you have a duty to take shots of everything. You never know what will become interesting later. What you're looking at is the theft of DaVinci's Madonna with the Yarnwinder from a castle in Britain. The shot was taken by a tourist, who was visiting from New Zealand. But actually she wasn't just shooting at random; she shot because she thought it might be a robbery. And it was. "We heard the alarm going off and the first man climbed over the wall and said not to worry, 'Don't worry love, We're the police. This is just a practice' he said. When the second man came over the wall we felt something was going on." And it was, the theft of a painting worth anywhere from 25 to 100 million pounds ($40-145 M). full story But at least one person says it's not a DaVinci after all.