The Scream by Edvard Munch
This piece of art has been stolen twice and there are actually four versions of Munch’s The Scream – two in paint and two in pastels.
Art piece value: One of the pastel versions sold for just shy of $120 million.
First robbery: Taken from the National Gallery in Oslo, Norway on the opening day of the Lillehammer Winter Olympics, February 12, 1994
The robbers left a note that read, “Thanks for the poor security.”
Second robbery: On August 22, 2004, masked gunmen entered the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway stealing a painted version of The Scream and another Edvard Munch painting, Madonna.