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Source: Independent

4-16-14

Mystery art thief 'plundered' rare works for years

It's a mystery worthy of a Dan Brown cracker: a famous religious college on the brink of closure and a locked archive stripped of valuable treasures it hoped to sell to stave off financial disaster.

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Mystery art thief 'plundered' rare works for years