HOORN, The Netherlands - On a wintry night in January 2005, an art thief slipped into the Westfries Museum here, the authorities believe, and hid beneath drapery on a 17th-century coffin as the doors were locked for the night.
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Dutch art historian and art detective Arthur Brand (L), Hoorn mayor Yvonne van Mastrigt (C) and Director of the Westfries Museum Ad Geerdink (R) give a press conference on artworks stolen from the museum in 2005, in Hoorn on Dec. 7, 2015 .
