# Six Picasso prints stolen from restaurant near Cannes recovered one month later

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/six-picasso-prints-stolen-from-restaurant-near-cannes-recovered-one-month-later/
- Published: 2026-11-05T15:00:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T00:07:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Le Monde (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2026/11/05/six-picasso-prints-stolen-from-restaurant-near-cannes-recovered-one-month-later_6772669_30.html
- Topics: Culture, Europe, Food, World

## Key points

- Six Picasso prints were recovered intact in Mougins.
- Seven people were arrested after a month-long investigation.
- The prints were valued at more than €100,000.

## Summary

Six original Picasso prints stolen from a restaurant in Mougins, near Cannes, were recovered intact a month later, and seven people were arrested. The case highlights concern in France about rising thefts of cultural property.

Two masked, gloved burglars entered the restaurant through a terrace door in the early hours of 2 October while a third person kept watch in a car. Investigators used surveillance and wiretaps to locate the prints, which were found in an apartment; the suspected burglars and four alleged accomplices, aged 18 to 30, were arrested on 3 November. The loss was estimated at more than €100,000.

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