Friday, March 2, 2012

NSW:Forensic tests in search for art thieves


AAP General News (Australia)
02-29-2004
NSW:Forensic tests in search for art thieves

(EDS: Reissues clarifying painting title in 2nd paragraph)

By Dale Paget

TWEED HEADS, NSW, Feb 29 AAP - Forensic experts from Sydney investigating Australia's
largest art theft have taken several items from the crime scene at a homestead in northern
NSW for DNA and finger print tests.

While police are treating the reported $67 million heist as a serious crime, the investigation
has yet to authenticate the true value of the stolen paintings, which are said to include
the 1873 work Paul Cezanne's Son in a High Chair, valued at $50 …

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