Art Thieves Steal 'Unusual' Van Gogh Drawing

STOLEN: Art Thieves May Have Nabbed A Fake Van Gogh
Visitors stand in front of a giant screen featuring an image of the work of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh during a traveling multimedia art exhibition entitled 'Van Gogh alive' on February 4, 2013 at the Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center in Tel Aviv. The interactive installation, featuring thousands of 360-degree lifelike images of Van Gogh?s works, has already toured Turkey, Singapore and the United States and will take place in Tel Aviv until March 4, 2013. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Visitors stand in front of a giant screen featuring an image of the work of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh during a traveling multimedia art exhibition entitled 'Van Gogh alive' on February 4, 2013 at the Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center in Tel Aviv. The interactive installation, featuring thousands of 360-degree lifelike images of Van Gogh?s works, has already toured Turkey, Singapore and the United States and will take place in Tel Aviv until March 4, 2013. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Ten paintings and two drawings were nimbly stolen in the course of two minutes, according to representatives at the Van Buuren Museum, on the outskirts of Brussels.

Several of the works were said to have been of great value, including 'The Thinker' by Dutch painter Kees van Dongen, said to have a replacement value of 1.2 million Euros.

The thieves are unlikely to have known, however, when they chose the drawing near the stairs, Peasant Woman Pealing Potatoes, that although labelled Van Gogh it is believed to be a fake.

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