On Monday, August 21, 1911, the world's most
famous work of art - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa - was stolen from the Louvre
museum in Paris.
An Italian man named Vincenzo Perugia who
was the thief.
How did Perugia steal the Mona Lisa? He had spent
Sunday night in the Louvre, hiding in an obscure little room. Monday morning,
while the museum was closed, he entered the room where the painting was kept
and unhooked from the wall. In a staircase, he cut the painting from it's frame.
While trying to leave the building, he came to a looked door. He unscrewed the
doorknob and put it in his pocket. He then walked out of the Louvre and into
the pages of history.
Vincenzo Perugia
Perugia stole that pic because he wanted to sand it back to Italy. He
thought that Italy
is the main owner of this pic.
After
that he was arrested in France
but became the national hero in Italy.
