ACE Blog Post: LATEST NEWS: Van Gogh Painting of Poppy Flowers stolen from Cairo Museum!

Earlier Egypt's culture minister Farouk Hosni said an Italian couple had been arrested at Cairo airport, and the small canvas found. The painting, worth at least 32million pounds was still missing, unlike first reported. The painting was cut out of its frame and this is the second time the painting has gone missing. The painting is very valuable as it is said that the painting was drawn a few years just before his death, where he suffered from seizures. First stolen in 1978, it was later found in Kuwait in 1980. Poppy painting was important as this represented a change in the style of Van Gogh's painting style. Investigations are underway in Cairo, Egypt