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Another Mona Lisa mistery


Surprisingly, on August 21, 1911, the Mona Lisa disappeared from  the Louvre Museum and even more surprisingly, this famous piece of art remained missing for ​nearly 2-1/2 years. The​ story of its day made worldwide headlines while  French police was disoriented grasping at every possible lead. But in December, 1913 the Mona Lisa, stolen turned up in an antiquarian’s shop on via Borgognissanti in Florence. Discover the true facts about the theft and the the Italian workman who pulled it off in a new documentary film: The Missing Piece, The Truth About the Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa.

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