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Priceless van Gogh stolen in Egypt still missing
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The Egyptian minister of culture said on Saturday that a masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh valued at $50 million had been stolen from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo. Farouk Hosni added that police had been searching for unknown suspects who lifted the "Vase and Flowers" (known as «Poppy flowers»). After that Hosni said two Italians had been arrested at Cairo airport, and the canvas found. But later he said he had been given "inaccurate" information, and the masterpiece was still missing. The same painting was previously lifted from the same museum in 1978, but recovered ten years later in Kuwait.The Mahmoud Khalil Museum also possesses artworks by Monet, Renoir and Degas. Bbc.co.uk