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Renoir paintings stolen from French Riviera museum recovered, six suspects arrested

The theft from the museum in southern France was the latest in a spate of major art heists from French galleries
The theft from the museum in southern France was the latest in a spate of major art heists from French galleries. © Valery Hache, AFP

Two ⁠Renoir paintings worth millions ​of dollars that were stolen from a ​museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the ​local ‌mayor said on Friday. The thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and initally stole four paintings by the French master, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled.

Two paintings by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been recovered a month after they were stolen from a museum in southern France, the town's mayor said Friday.

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