Last updated: Friday, September 1, 2006
MUNCH MASTERPIECES RECOVERED
EDVARD MUNCH's masterpieces THE SCREAM and MADONNA have been recovered by police in Oslo, Norway two years after they were stolen.
Two armed robbers stole the paintings, worth an estimated $19 million (GBP10.6 million) from the Munch Museum in August 2004. Both are in a better condition than experts had expected.
Cops have confirmed the $300,000 (GBP167,000) ransom wasn't paid.
A police spokesman says, "We are 100 per cent certain they are the originals. The damage was much less than feared."
Three Norwegian men were jailed for the theft in May (06), although the gunmen are yet to be caught.
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