The Biggest Art Heists In History (12 pics)
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
Stolen from: The Louvre Museum, Paris in 1911
Art piece value: $100 million
Total value of robbery: $100 million
Theft backstory: The Mona Lisa was stolen by a museum worker named Vincenzo Peruggiam who slipped the artwork under his coat and walked out the front door. Peruggiam wanted to reclaim the painting for his home country of Italy and had the painting hung in his home for two years.