Man caught on camera tucking £17,000 sculpture in his shorts at art gallery

Police successful the US are connected the hunt for a antheral who hid a £17,000 sculpture successful his shorts successful a brazen creation assemblage heist.

The theft astatine Duncan McClellan Gallery, successful St Petersburg, Florida was caught connected a information camera.

St Petersburg Police is present sharing the footage successful the anticipation idiosyncratic mightiness recognise the man, reports 7 News Miami.

The unit said helium and an accomplice – who tin besides beryllium seen successful the video – walked into the assemblage connected November 11 past year.

The accomplice distracted a subordinate of unit portion the antheral picked up a portion called Torso XI by Latchezar Boyadjiev – worthy $21,000 (£17,200) – and tucked it into his shorts.

The accomplice, who has been identified arsenic Willie Wilson, 45, was arrested and charged arsenic a main to expansive theft greater than $20,000 but little than $100,000.

The antheral that took the sculpture is inactive astatine large.

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