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Related Links Italy seizes ancient books from "priestly" thief posted by Blake on Tuesday October 02, @02:31PM from the Art-Police?? dept. Italy's art police have seized ancient books and paintings worth 650,000 euros (453,000 pounds) from the house of a man they suspect stole them from public libraries and state archives -- sometimes disguised as a priest.Police said on Monday the suspect, a Roman in his mid-forties, would dress himself in priest's robes or wait for hours hidden in the bathrooms and cupboards of libraries to make off with texts and drawings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. Italy seizes ancient books from "priestly" thief | Log in/Create an Account | Top | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 0 comments 0: 0 comments 1: 0 comments 2: 0 comments 3: 0 comments 4: 0 comments 5: 0 comments Flat Nested No Comments Threaded The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. XML 
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