An Italian man named Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911, hid it in his apartment for two years and then contacted the owner of an art gallery in Italy, expecting a reward for returning the painting to what he regarded as its "homeland". He only served 7 months in jail
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