Arthur Brand: Dutch art detective recovers stolen Van Gogh worth millions

Informant returns the artwork in an Ikea bag three years after it was stolen in a heist

Dutch art detective Arthur Brand
Arthur Brand has been dubbed the 'Indiana Jones of the art world'
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The Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has recovered a stolen Vincent Van Gogh painting worth up to £5.2 million, more than three years after it was stolen in a "daring midnight heist".

Brand, who has been "dubbed the 'Indiana Jones of the art world'", acquired the 1884 painting "Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring" after he "tracked down" the criminal who had it in their possession, said Mail Online. He earned his nickname after tracing "a series of high-profile lost artworks" worth up to £340 million in total. 

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Keumars Afifi-Sabet is a freelance writer at The Week Digital, and is the technology editor on Live Science, another Future Publishing brand. He was previously features editor with ITPro, where he commissioned and published in-depth articles around a variety of areas including AI, cloud computing and cybersecurity. As a writer, he specialises in technology and current affairs. In addition to The Week Digital, he contributes to Computeractive and TechRadar, among other publications.