You almost have to admire their nerve...

[Zardoz]

What a "caper". This amazes me:

The Great Statue Heist

Talk about "ballsy". Geez...

 

[Delirious]

So is that what you guys call art nowadays? J/k...it's...weird..........

 

[crimson_menace]

Why would someone steal that thing?

Maybe they have a grudge against its creator?

 

[Jondot]

Well, i heard they want to grind it up for scrap metal, as it's made of bronze.

 

[crimson_menace]

Cool. Not worthy of a theft charge, tho...

 

[Famine]

Since it's only worth £11 million...

 

[donbenni]

How British of them:

One offender is described as wearing a hooded jacket and one a baseball cap.

A second vehicle used by the men is thought to have been an old-style Mini Cooper, police said.

Can't believe they got away with it.

 

[Evolution.]

Wow...what were the police doing in the meantime? Munching down some donuts?

 

[Danny]

Not our police stereotypes on this side of the pond, thankyou.

 

[DeLoreanBrown]

£3m (11feet) by Henry Moore
£200th - £400th scrap
its still a heist as scrap , but there are black market collectors of such an emminent artist

 

[Zardoz]

...A second vehicle used by the men is thought to have been an old-style Mini Cooper...

That's the best thing about this. Nice touch! Very classy.

What do you all think of this theory:

Could it be that these guys had no idea what they were stealing? Is it possible that they thought it was just some minor dumb-looking decoration, sitting out in the open, unguarded, and that stealing it (for its scrap metal value) would be hardly noted?

Is it possible that they are now scared to death, huddled together in total panic, realizing that they've gotten themselves into way more trouble than they can possibly handle?

 

[Duke]

Since it's only worth £11 million...

Did I miss the 11 somewhere? It says 3 million not only in the headline but several times in the body text.

 

[Famine]

Never read it - I read the flickering Sky one instead - but I got my size and value mixed up...

It's 11 FEET long and £3 million, not £11 million and 3 metres (though it is also 3 metres).

Still, that's life.

 

[Lee]

I didn't just read what I think I did, did I?!

Famine was wrong!!!!!

Oh and that bronze erm.... Turd was stolen. Great..

 

[Danny]

Here come's another damned apocalypse.

 

[Evolution.]

Here come's another damned apocalypse.

See also: My signature.

 

[Omnis]

Not our police stereotypes on this side of the pond, thankyou.

So instead of donuts and coffee, what is yours?

Tea and Crumpets?

 

[Famine]

Bacon butties.

And coffee.

 

[Jpec07]

So it's some sort of sculpture?


...of what?

 

[skip0110]

So instead of donuts and coffee, what is yours?

Tea and Crumpets?

👍

 

[Emohawk]

So it's some sort of sculpture?


...of what?

A "reclining figure". I can sort of see that in it. Just not a very human-shaped figure.