Art Heist of Cellini's Saliera: Part III

A security expert is introduced and another extortion attempt is made.

Author’s Note: The following is Part III of the true story of the theft of Cellini’s Saleria—a $65 million table sculpture—from the Vienna Art History Museum in 2003. I am publishing this extraordinary true story as a summer divertimento for our paid subscribers. Readers who are just now seeing this story should first read Part I and Part II.

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