A $160M Painting Was Found In This Couple’s Home, And No One Knew How It Got There
When an antique dealer found a stolen painting worth $160 million in a deceased couple’s bedroom, that was just the beginning of his adventure…
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To their friends, family, and the outside world, Jerry and Rita Alter seemed like the perfect retired couple. Life long public servants, the two lovebirds enjoyed a decades-long relationship before passing away within a few years of one another in the New Mexico home.
However, during an estate sale at Jerry and Rita’s home, an antique dealer made a startling discovery: it seemed that a notoriously stolen painting, worth some $160 million, hung on the couple’s wall! As investigators started tracing the story of Jerry and Rita, far more questions turned up than answers. Soon enough, it seemed that this quaint couple could be behind one of the boldest heists of the 20th century…
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