SHORT TAKES : Thieves Take French Chapel Art
Thieves broke into a chapel housing a museum of religious art and stole about 40 paintings and statues made in the 17th and 18th centuries, police said today.
Officials said it was difficult to estimate the value of the items, stolen late Wednesday or early Thursday by thieves who broke in through a window at the Chapel of the Penitents in the southern town of Val.
Investigators said they were examining footprints at the scene, but no arrests have been made.
Earlier this month, authorities reported four thefts from museums in Paris, including ancient jewelry and a Renoir painting stolen from the Louvre.
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