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This Is a Robbery: the true story behind Netflix’s documentary on the world’s biggest art heist Jochan Embley Perhaps the Italian mafia have the stolen art. Maybe it’s the Irish mob, or somebody with links to the IRA. Some reckon it could all be behind a wall in a house in Dublin. It could quite possibly still be in Boston. Or Connecticut. Or Philadelphia. Some have even said Japan. And then there’s the one conclusion that nobody wants to think about: it’ll never be found anywhere, because it’s all been destroyed. All these theories have been posited over the years, but the mystery of what exactly happened to the 13 artworks taken from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston during a 1990 heist is yet to reach a definitive conclusion. The quest to recover the haul which included masterpieces by the likes of Rembrandt and Vermeer, with a combined value that some estimate to be around $500m, and others say is priceless has drawn in ....