In Egypt, a painting by Van Gogh valued at $50million was stolen from the Mahmud Khalil museum on august 21. 11 culture ministry employees were guilty of negligence. They were sentenced to three years in jail. The painting was stolen in broad daylight, it was cut right out of its frame. The investigation found out that no alarms were working and only 7 cameras. Because of lack of money, the museum decreased its security. Therefore, only one guard was working. Mr. Shalan, head of the department of fine arts, asked for $7million to upgrade security, but only $88,000 was approved. The painting is still missing.
I think that if people are so worried about this painting gone missing then they really should upgrade security. If they cared enough to put up and trial and send people to jail without 100% proof, they should spend money to upgrade security so this won’t happen again.. idiots.
good point, and honestly if that museum has the prestige of having a Van Gogh, then they should definetly have good enough security to protect it!
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