Stolen Van Goghs due back on display after 16 years

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Two Vincent van Gogh masterpieces stolen 16 years ago will go back on display this week after extensive restoration.

The painting of the Sea at Scheveningen by Vincent van Gogh is pictured after it was returned back to the permanent collection at the Van Gogh Museum's in Amsterdam.THE HAGUE - Two Vincent van Gogh masterpieces stolen 16 years ago from the Amsterdam museum dedicated to his works will go back on display this week after extensive restoration, curators said.

The criminals broke into the museum in downtown Amsterdam on December 7 that year using the ladder to climb onto the roof, where they broke through a window and used a rope to get in and out of the heavily fortified building.

 

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