detectors, this alarm was not connected to the outside world. but did the thieves know that as well? because they didn t pack up and leave at that point. they continued on with their crime. and they took their time. same path backwards. goes through the early italian room, the rafael room, all the while passing incredibly priceless art. famous art. rafaels, important chinese pieces. and walk back through to the short gallery, where the thief takes five sketches by degas, and a napoleonic finial from the top of a flag that napoleon s regiment carried. throughout his actions, he s going back and forth a half dozen times, again, passing things that any art expert would say, my god, these are two rafaels, small and portable. why wouldn t you take those, it s a great mystery to the theft.
goes through the early italian room, the raphael room, all the while passing incredibly priceless art. famous art. raphaels, important chinese pieces. frangelicas and walk back through to the short gallery, where the thief takes five sketches by degas and a napoleonic finial from atop the flag that napoleon s regiment carried. throughout his actions, he s going back and forth a half dozen times, again, passing things that any art expert would say, my god, these are two raphaels, small and portable. why wouldn t you take those, it s a great mystery to the theft. reporter: at 2:41 a.m., the door to the museum opens and closes. the thieves were gone. once they leave, they were never heard from again. reporter: the next morning, rick was relieved to be found. and to be alive.
purchasing this or do we see the large dollar purchases with groups? not necessarily group. an institution, a museum in the making wants a destination. have you been able to uncover any information this mysterious buyer? we re working on it. does someone give the person up? friends tell? sometime it remains a mystery forever but slowly clues start emerging. is it likely an individual would purchase and it put it up in their homes? or does something like this go in a vault? well, something like, this you have to have a lot of money. not just to buy it but to keep it as well. the insurance. it is a pastel on board so it has to have the right light. the right humidity. the right atmosphere. you have to have the money to buy it and the cash to keep it. we were talking in the commercial break and you re the art expert, i love that you point out, scream, you can get on it a coffee mug. they re even you said, belly button jewelry.
this amount. you are obviously an art expert. you know what s going on in this world. i think even experts were stymied by this. everybody was stunned. obviously, we re in an economic crisis. but globally, greece, the u.k. we re not just struggling here alone in america with the economy. so who has this kind of money to spend? globally, there are people with a lot of cash. and they look now at art as an asset class just like stocks and bonds and jewelry. is it still equated? there was a time that you would hear rich people collecting art and having people over to look at what they just purchased. we seem to be a society consumed with other things outside of art. so why is this still so impressive? there s still a big, big collecting base all over the world and this was an iconic picture. there was only one left in private hands. the other three are in norwegian museums. is it likely one individual
fiction. now, we will join our correspondent in paris for a look at how the da vinci code popularity has created an industry. thanks to the da vinci code tourist capital of paris is more have ited because the book is set here. the action begins at the museum with a murder, and the painting shows mary s prominent role. more interesting is that hour role as an early leader. one of several da vinci code tours is led by an art expert. history is something that is based on original documentation, that dan brown plays fast and loose with, in the book. there are inconsistency in the novel as do others, claiming that this contains a sinister 666 plates of glass but according to the museum that