Why somebody steals the national art?

Mona Lisa
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Kimmo Huosionmaa

Why somebody steals famous paintings? That is the very good question. If we think the national jewelry like Mona Lisa or some other famous paintings, we must say that there are very many things what makes this kind of actions little bit different than stealing the automobiles. When somebody steals something, that person must get something from that crime, and what that thief gets from some painting like Mona Lisa? Will this person sell it in some local bar perhaps?


Or does some art collector put it on the wall? It probably will look like nice in the movies, that some art collector will hire somebody to steal those paintings, but in real life that kind of action will make this person as a criminal. And that means banning from those societies forever. Those national artifacts and arts are very well documented, and if somebody wants the picture about them to the wall of the office, must that person only hire some painter, who will make the copy of that painting, and if that painting will be stamped as a "fake", it will be legal.


Or of course, that person might go to the supermarket and buy a poster of that painting and put it in the frames. So why somebody steals the original painting? If that painting will be damaged, that thief will get the very high bill. And of course, the man must pay all other damages and bills what his action makes. And when the painting is missing from the surveillance of the museum authorities, they must make sure, that the painting or statue what will return is the same thing what left from the museum.


That means the X-ray investigations and C-14 analyses, what is quite expensive. And also the policemen time and other expenses must be paid. But in those paintings is one very special thing. Those national galleries paintings have been taken hands to the government because there is something special about those paintings. They are so expensive because they are bought from the markets. And somebody believes that they have been markings for membership of some societies. Or maybe there are some hidden codes inside those paintings.


Those painters had made probably painted hidden landlines and other landmarks, what will lead the people to the hidden treasure. And if the person will get right map, will the treasure hunter find the right place, where is hidden gold or some other expensive artifacts, but in real life, those artifacts can be also some documents, what was awkward for even the royal persons, and those papers must be kept secret from the public, but they could give the absolute power for the person, who had those papers.


One of the documents what could be very interesting in the medieval period would be the document, that the king had the big brother. In that time the law said that the king's place was reserved for the eldest son. And if the king had the big brother, will that cause the prosecution that the crown has been taken by the illegal way. And that could cause the execution for the majesty.