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Yeah all the statues being torn down and everything being renamed is a damn shame, too

At least some of them weren't burned up, and never seen again, but instead thrown into the forest where someone could just find it and either steal it for themselves, or be a good citizen.

@@TheSefk fun fact: all the historical confederacy statues and plaques come from the 1940s and beyond, funded by former plantation owners and families in an attempt to wipe clean the horrid track records of those people. They realized that most people who remembered that era were dead. In fact, basically no statues honoring the confederacy were built anywhere near to their defeat.

It put a grin on my face. Dozens of regular paintings, obsessed over by billionaires, destroyed unceremoniously with water and fire. Oh well, they'll have to pick some other Lionardo or Vun Go painting to overvalue

@Lotus dude nobody uses faxs anymore

His mother is ....He is a kleptomaniac his mom is a freaking psychopath

@@flamingiceclone Say more incorrect things.

@@grabble7605 He's not incorrect. Stephane didn't destroy the art, his mother did. Stephane is a kleptomaniac, his mother is a psychopath. Anyone who actually appreciates the art might have stolen it and tried to hide it, but would not destroy it.

@@Vincent_Beers He is incorrect. Stephane is not a kleptomaniac and his mother is not a psychopath. Stealing things is not the entire criteria of kleptomania and destroying stuff is not any of the criteria of psychopathy.

@@grabble7605 Then a individual not "destroying stuff" is also "not any of the criteria" for this individual to be the reason for the destruction of said stuff. Isn't it fun to argue about pointless details of phrasiology with strangers on the internet? It indeed never gets old to see who has the bigger di.. aehm.. stronger argument.

You think that's funny?

@@sidneyshaw9205 It’s funny in the sense that he wasn’t motivated by money. It’s just unusual that his only motivation for stealing the art was because he liked it. That makes me chuckle.

@@sidneyshaw9205 you're a little bitch lol its just a painting

That is the reason most stolen art owners do it.

Klepto, I knew a kleptomaniac they rarely have a reason to steal, they just do.

If her flat and the attic her son lived in were different units, then she could just have hidden the artworks in her flat or the basement, since the police only got a search warrant for her son's flat...

Haha!! Good one!

It's all a plot to sell hair loss medication.

That's so good hahaha

of all conspiracy theories I believe in that one because if had really long hair I would have pulled it all out with thumping hands when I heard of the destruction of evidence by the mother. I wish I never watched this video.

@@whatkenyan7684 I hate those idiots so much. Of course Karen, I mean Mom knew best

That sounds good, don't think I've had one before, are they filled? Or topped with lemon icing?

@@WhuDhat It was a lemon glaze. They were so good I would literally cut grass for money to get some of those things..until I got a summer job in my sophomore year. It was smooth sailing ever since.😂👍

@@wizmanballin8498 haha nice, I'll keep an eye out for them next time I'm at a donut shop or bakery. I've had lemon filled donuts before and always liked them, kind of rare to find though.

so you're saying you stole 1.4 billion dollars worth of lemon twist donuts?

@@vibaj16 You need life lessons....🤔

What fascinated me the most is how they got to the USA, including the guard who had time to get into a USA police uniform (:

Me too! I was the officer in the background at 19:17

I felt you watched over my shoulder while I stole the paintings

Mans still confirmed stealing as of 2019 so I think we have a few more years before his story has enough of an ending for that movie to work.

It doesn’t probe that we are to be trusted lol. It proves that most people are afraid of getting caught lol

it actually proves a lot of things, which proves nothing it means: a.) some people are to be trusted b.) some don't want to be caught c.) some don't care enough about to object to steal it, but given the same chance with a more appetizing object to steal... my list could go on.

Same as in Airports, its called "security theater", kind like marketing, trying to show the customer value where there is none, or in that case security where ther is none. I had pcoket knifes in my backpack without me knowing several times and used the "wrong" elevator at an airport that just transported me to the next level, skipping customs. The biggest enemy of actual security is a low budget and lazy guards and managers

@@someuser6747 that is simply implausible. A liar you must be.

I was always the best person in the room untill I was shown differently. I felt like I was judging people a little bit incorrectly after the unseen forces in the world gave me a history lesson.

Oh I thought you were quoting hunter biden. Lol

@@bczarrockbeast6264 Lets just say this guy wouldn't be stealing Hunter's paintings, unlike his Chinese buddies

I forgot about Wallace and Grommit, thought it was a reference to Mr. Sensible. Lol

@@bczarrockbeast6264 I don't get the connection?

Wallace is my idol.

and then proceeded to have it all get destroyed. yeah pssh right respect.

@@mozziegang Not according to the video, if you watched it through until the end. He had no idea what his mother was doing to the priceless pieces as he languished in police custody. I'm thinking when he finally found out his mother destroyed them, he was a wee bit pissed.

@@dshmechanic lol ok the judicial system can hold him responsible for the destruction too. its his fault that he put the art pieces in a position where they could be so easily destroyed, now some people here in the comments are legit putting him on a pedestal.

Yeah then his mother burned and destroyed the rest. How lovely was that appreciation 😅

@@issadraco532 chill mam this is just a comment 😅

Have you checked out the Why Files?

@@Exxeron-ob3tvAJ & Hecklefish have charisma in spades! WF is such a great channel.

It's still happening they don't even need fire now just a couple clicks an boom its gone.

IKr, me too. I was expecting they would not be harmed. Her son would not have wanted them harmed.

Makes my breath short... my skin crawls... OMG.... irreplaceable!

yeah, a city lady at that age should have known the value to the world when going to destroy such irreplaceable history. I know she wanted to protect her son. that's what moms will and should do. for all that effort, she and the girlfriend could have cooperated to find some other nice anonymous attic or garage to store the loot. if not for the mom's poor effort at destruction, the kid would be out easy again. in adding just one more step to find alternate storage, the art would be saved and the kid also out. he was still doomed because he couldn't bring himself to stop. important lessons here- 1. don't steal art. 2. moderate your bad habits 3. don't talk to cops 😎

My dad told me the story of one of his uncles. He was a linguist who knew 10+ languages and worked for the MOD as a translator. During the war he helped Jews escape from Nazi Germany. He had an extensive library of many rare books. When he died, his wife burnt all the books. ;{

So true. That's usually what happens with obsessing over something.

Rod serling would have been proud of the story...

Like a moth to a flame

@@leeking6939 but moths are nocturnal and follow the moon instead of a flame.

@@SlapstickGenius23 nope moths are drawn to fire. They can't help themselves. That's why they enter it and die. If you have been to a camp you will understand

when one pass security everything they are looking for is right in front of their face. - The story of the boy who stole (valueable) wagons filled with useless dirt from the castle

It all depends on the situation. Some require months even years of planning while another job that has a similar result only requires a screwdriver level of planning and effort.

A lot of security is mainly theater, it’s there to prevent people from thinking that they can steal something, not to actually prevent theft. This is effectively border security and the TSA to a tee.

If you just want to stare at the piece in the privacy of your own home, yes. If you want to fence the piece and get cash out of your effort? I does takes months of planning, and certainly a team of fences to make it happen, unless you want to get caught.

Thus, Occam's razor

Of course edit: But did you notice the little Easter eggs, such as the "miso soup escape artist" in one of the paintings

@@bobbiusshadow6985 I didn't notice it, good eye

ratio of circumference to diameter

That's THE Moustache by Renoir.

Hahahaaaa yep

Thanks

no, original title was "Meet the Greatest Art Thief of All Time". some buzz words but a damn bold statement

@@dolchzb No, OP is correct.

Meet The Most Autistic Artistic Artisan Thief in History! 👈😂

to be honest 10/10 better title

Smart to catch that little detail

Art is tax evasion for most owners, lets say they buy it for 3 mil 5 years later they hire their own appraiser and evaluate the painting at 25mil for reasons inflation that it hasnt appeared in public etc. etc..After that they donate said painting to a museum and hooray 20+ mil saved on taxes from the tax deduction. What they are doing is essentially pre paying their taxes at a 90% discount and if you own a gallery acquiring said art is a tax deduction to begin with.

It’s investment

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Handy Manny, of course! Why is this even a question? Lmao

Handy manny!

Security team. He only had the guts to steal from small museums with barley any security.

You'd think they'd up their security game after that shit

As a Swiss I can assure you this is very normal here because literally everything in Switzerland is about trust. Swiss people are generally very honest and we all trust each other, so the idea that some people might actually have bad intentions usually doesn't even cross our minds until someone actually does something bad.

Yeah museums who go through all your shit and then dont let you get close enough to even see the paintings because they dont trust you fucking suck

Most Museums have very small budgets.

In this instance the thief was a foreigner.

I'd be devastated tbh... *depressing*

Even more wholesome when you consider the fact that he took the bullet for his GF. He must've really loved her.

Agreed. Best reason to nick some shit is because you like it.

I thought so too at first but then realized he was actually being selfish. I am sure other art lovers would’ve wanted to be able to appreciate them too, he just wanted to keep them for himself

Steph the thief’s Family is so screwed up.

Nope, because they were all completely burnt to ashes, which then brings up a question. Why did the mother make the 'I burnt this artwork, so you couldn't find the artwork' excuse by knowing full well she was going to lead the investigators to the ashes???? Seems like we're assuming she's being honest and no manipulation is going on. I suspect he mother has thrown some artwork on the fire, you know the cheaper ones, and also created some splashes of paint on some cheap paper ext and thrown that on the fire too...giving the impression that she burnt it all. What if, this isn't the end of the story? Imagine it isn't, and in 20 years Thoughty2 has to make a new video how the mother had the same genes for manipulation and keeping artwork. 😝

the world before: 🌎 the world after: 🌎

Well...I know this is rather small solace, but, on the bright side, we DO still have great photographs of all the destroyed works. Of course, nothing beats an original, but it's something, however small.

What makes you think all of the paintings were burned? Obviously she would have hid away some of them to retrieve later.

I'm telling you, you DO care about the value of them. There are millions of other old paintings so you clearly only care about these because they're valuable.

@@tomr6955 but why are they valuable, it is not like the canvas, the wood frames, the paints or the oils where expensive materials on the contrary...It is their link to history that make them expensive, imagine we had pictures or videos of those times, then maybe they would not be as valuable as they are now, it's because we do not have any videos or pictures from those Era's that these paintings become more valuable, it's like our only link to those times depicting life, clothing, foods, themes etc.... (Off course I am not talking about abstract art). The value however is abstract aswell, you can't put a real nr on it, people tried and gave them a monetary value but actually they are priceless. It is like I said, I have pictures of my great grandparents, grandparents, pics and vids of my parents and my brother or even my son being born and growing up, imagine them burning up in a housefire? all those memories, all those times, gone forever, like tears in the rain (yeah I stole that line from Bladerunner but it's a good analogy)

Exactly!!

What's actually crazy about it is most people don't think thieve are just gonna be out in the open with cartoony disguises, but it actually works because no one suspects it

You da Crumb!!!

Super easy

Suddenly, Clark Kent and his glasses don't look as silly as I thought they did.......

Who told you there are no movies

Well point me to the movie or short film sir

I hate thieves who steal art. It is really not cool and it is weak.

@@univuniveral9713 well, I hate thieves in general. 😅

@@univuniveral9713 I don't care if someone steals art from a museum. I hate thieves who steal from people's homes more.

@@Gamer_io I hate people who use the Government to steal from Peter to give to Paul, thinking they did something noble. But can't reach into their own pocket to give to Paul themselves.

Well, he got caught in 2005, published his book in 2006, Got caught again in both 2011 and 2019 and clearly the book sales weren't enough given he was trying to sell the paperweight online. He's been proven to be actively stealing from ages 25 through ~48, so I'm pretty sure he's not getting better. At this point its just untreated serial kleptomania and he'll probably be stealing for his whole life.

Disturbing? It’s downright hilarious. He should get a job as a museum security inspector and they should pay him for showing them how vulnerable their pieces are. 😂 what a guy

@@hamsandwich1333 Not funny as he destroyed hundreds of original art work. I think they were copies as nobody put up a fuss.

@@reypolice5231 he didn’t destroy nothing, his mother did. Also art is overvalued anyway. It’s all just some random people’s scribbles. The majority of it doesn’t even look pleasant anyways. People who think art is some priceless commodity never grew up and are half retarded.

@@hamsandwich1333 A picture is worth a thousand works. His actions of theft premeditated, lead to his mother destroying the evidence. Weather you value art or not it is some else's work and someone else's property. If art doesn't communicate to you, kindly go to a museum or art gallery and find something that you find beautiful and dose communicate joy, and love, or brings you peace. If you can't or won't look at man's creations, kindly look at all that the creator made around you. It's all Art, a butterfly, a puppy, a flower, the world is god's art gallery and man copies it because it is beautiful. Yes the dollar value it opinion. But the real value is it's impact on people's lives. The impact that art had on mankind and his peace is forever lost. Kindly look for the joy in all the art that is around you. Some of it is not my taste, but some of it is. Never the less it dose resonate with someone else, Hope you find something beautiful to look at and marvel. A tree, a mountain, a forest, morning sunrise over a valley with the fog lifting and the birds singing, all Art and some people capture that moment in art, some don't.

And nobody agrees to you, so I will.

@@lesliejohnrichardson disagree xD

Thanks for spoiling

@@roblazer6999 why u in the comments before u watch the vid lol whatchu expect

*thief

@@roblazer6999 wtf are you doing in the comment section. The video is up there

@@Ultamami yeah, a typo

Exactly

Damn the lawyer must've used this to reduce his sentence.

"Art costs the amount of money someone needs to launder."

Surely the seller also has a say in it?

@@NarwahlGaming need to move 500million and insure it without paying taxes??? 🤣😂

Thoughty2 does a great job of transitioning into sponsored ads. Sometimes you don't even know he's launching into them

Probably just like the partners/parents/victims of alcoholics dumping their found booze... "He'll never see THIS crap again!"

@@glenns5627 it ain’t “crap” it’s art that is hundreds of years old and holds a lot of history. You really comparing priceless art to alcohol?

@@slamyourheadin9449 come on.. use common sense.. he's making a metaphor. He saying that was his addiction as alcohol is to someone and it similarly hurt him to know they were destroyed as it would a alcoholic to know their alcohol was flushed.

@@justin01144 the metaphor doesn't hold up because she is clearly helping him by getting rid of the paintings, rather than him learning his lesson.. Even though it didn't work out

disgusting?

depressing?

@@ltdan6466 I can see depressing, the part about all the art being burned. But nothing in this video can be considered disgusting

@Maksym yes

Lucky cos he didn't get caught

Allegedly all burnt...you're assuming that this story is at the ending. Don't be surprised if the mother isn't on in 'keeping the artwork' by pretending to be a crazy loon burning it all. I suspect, this was a coy to trick authorities I mean the making the fire obvious is a little odd. She burnt it all so she could say, 'I burnt all the painting'. You see, something doesn't add up it is almost like she wanted them to think that. I would just burn some of the crappier art pieces, cheaper ones. Then I would get some paint, and splash some paint on bits of paper and throw them in a big fire...lol

Try map's easier pretty profitable and collectables LoL

That’s not true at all though…

U really belive that lol

yeah, I was hoping he'd say she took them to a storage unit. hearing she destroyed them, tat hurt my soul

Ah yes lol. Bury paintings. That will keep them safe 😂

They probably used the 'stealing from the cookie jar' technique. 😂

Yes it was unesseesery

What's makes it even worse is the fact that her son only got 3 years in prison for that which imo is way too low and not that much in general

China can make new ones

thats the greatest mom ever on the plannet. are u nuts

@@waribra599 made what went wong

Reeeally? The artists would not only have condoned billions in art theft, but would have wanted their prized works to only be appreciated by a single criminal rather than thousands of innocent people. Sure bud.

lol are you trolling? You think they'd be proud of his utter selfishness (not even speaking of his thievery)? Taking art, no, stealing art out of museums that are meant for the public's consumption, to enjoy and experience? Yeah, I'm sure they'd rather have their paintings in a small attic for the pleasure of two, rather than in a museum for the pleasure of the masses. You do realize.... the art THIEF Stefan was not the only person to cherish those paintings, many others did so as well. However, the sociopathic crook only cared about his own feelings and pleasure, as if he was the center of the universe and the only one in it (thanks Stefan's mom). Wow, whatta guy. * Come on "Nikka Pubess", fess up, is this you Stefan?

@@susanivy3619 Lol, maybe he is Stefan. You know the worst thing - all the likes he's received on this comment. We share the world with a bunch of people who agree with his statement.

@@allanshpeley4284 "prized works". I'd like to think most of those artist weren't thinking they were making prized works but making art that spoke to them personally not to a bunch of random people. They aren't massively egotistical like you say, are they?

@@allanshpeley4284 nobody paid them any billions while they were alive.