
81: Wanna Make 10 Million Dollars? Find This Painting: Craziest Art Heists in History | Dark History with Bailey Sarian
Dark History
The Importance of Solid Motivation
In 2003, looters broke into Iraq's national museum in Baghdad and began stealing everything they could get their hands on. Colonel Matthew Bogdanos rounded up about a dozen counter-terrorism agents and said, let's save the art. He planned and carried out armed raids that recovered thousands of pieces over the next few months. And he received a bunch of medals and awards for his work.
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