NORWEGIAN POLICE FOUND MUNCH MASTERPIECE HIDDEN IN CLOSET BY FOLLOWING ITS MUFFLED SCREAM
OSLO - Norwegian police revealed today how they located Edward Munch's 1893 masterpiece, "The Scream." According to police spokesman Morten Hojem Ervik, the police received a tip last week from a reliable source that the painting, stolen from the Munch Museum in 2004, had been hidden away in the home of wealthy Oslo merchant Bjoern Hoen, who was one of the masterminds of the painting's theft. On Tuesday, Police searched Hoen's home for seven hours to no avail and were prepared to give up until they heard the faint, muffled scream of the painting coming from a closet on the top floor. It had been hidden away under blankets, and the mouth of its subject had been taped.
OSLO - Norwegian police revealed today how they located Edward Munch's 1893 masterpiece, "The Scream." According to police spokesman Morten Hojem Ervik, the police received a tip last week from a reliable source that the painting, stolen from the Munch Museum in 2004, had been hidden away in the home of wealthy Oslo merchant Bjoern Hoen, who was one of the masterminds of the painting's theft. On Tuesday, Police searched Hoen's home for seven hours to no avail and were prepared to give up until they heard the faint, muffled scream of the painting coming from a closet on the top floor. It had been hidden away under blankets, and the mouth of its subject had been taped.
