Video Surveillance Helps Recover Stolen $1 Million Painting
Video surveillance and facial recognition has led to recovery of a $1 million dollar painting, stolen from an art gallery in Moscow.
Kuindzhi’s 1908 “Ai Petri, Crimea” was stolen from Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery before police recovered it in a basement on the outskirts of the city, says a news report. The suspect, Denis Chuprikov, acknowledged the crime after police showed him surveillance video of the heist, which shows how a suspect casually lifts the painting off the wall and strolls past visitors.