Stolen Van Gogh handed to Dutch art sleuth in Ikea bag - BBC News

Arthur Brand met an unnamed man under a tree during a mysterious, years-long quest to find the work.
3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Arthur BrandImage caption, Arthur Brand said he and the police had agreed not to reveal the man who returned the painting for his own safetyBy Paul KirbyBBC NewsA Van Gogh painting stolen from a Dutch museum in March 2020 is back in safe hands after a three-and-a-half-year quest to recover it.
Dutch art detective Arthur Brand said he had been handed the 139-year-old painting in a pillow and an Ikea bag by a man who came to his front door.
"I did this in complete co-ordination with Dutch police and we knew this guy wasn't involved in the theft," he said.
In 2021, a career criminal was jailed for eight years over the incident.
But by then the painting, worth several million euros, had already changed hands.
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