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2 August - 1986 - The Theft Of The Weeping Woman

2 August - 1986 - The Theft Of The Weeping Woman

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REPEAT: On this day in 1986, one of Australia's strangest and funniest crimes was committed when Pablo Picasso's masterpiece The Weeping Woman — valued at $2m — was stolen from the National Gallery of Victoria and held to ransom by a mysterious group calling themselves Australian Cultural Terrorists.

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