![]() Octave: The frame, most of the time, together, it's with some, what's it called? Plexiglass, you know? So you won't get it out, because it's connected to each other. Can you imagine? The painting is nailed on a wooden stretcher, so it breaks. He takes an oil painting, and he folds it in two. My God, you know, you can't make this up. It could be like that, but in a museum, it doesn't go down.Īrthur: Most of the time, if they have walls like that, it goes down when they are closed, and they connect them to the ground or to the wall. When it happens, when the alarm goes off, it goes down, and they use something. In the Netherlands, it's not even allowed. He has like a Taser, and it's impossible. And to me, this guy is too heavily guard. Upstairs sent us down to clean this exhibit. Octave: You never talk to a guard, otherwise he can remember your face. The impressionist gallery, closed for cleaning. I did a lot of time.Īrthur: I give this movie a 10. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Octave: The average burglar would not do this, because he doesn't have the skills or the balls to do it, because it looks very scary. And even if they can't find a button, you know, they come in with a gun. Two in a corner detect the whole area.Īrthur: I really doubt if technology will ever be that perfect to prevent art thefts from happening, because you know, there is always a button you can switch off. There must've been a lot of sensors, right? I think at least 20 or something. It's a system that I can do, I can hack or not. I mean, when you see a building, you see how I'm going get in, and I see the system, and it will be, yeah, studied in a minute. I never studied the alarm for a long time. You'll be dancing still with your lasers. Octave: The practice to do this little dance, it will take you about a year. ![]() Even if you would have seen them, if you would see them, you know, without using any spray or something, it's impossible. Even if it would exist like this, not touching any one of these lasers is impossible. I'm like, what is this capoeira stuff? Are you nuts? This does not exist. Octave: He can dance around these lasers. It's the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, but I don't think it's like this, you know. Today, we're going to watch art heist clips from Hollywood movies, and we're going to judge how realistic they are.Īrthur: I know of one museum who has lasers. ![]() We now work together in trying to prevent art heists. I'm an art detective, and I'm responsible for recovering $250 million of stolen art. I robbed everything you can imagine, from museums, banks, armored trucks, but I never used any violence.Īrthur: My name is Arthur Brand. Octave Durham: Hi, my name is Octave Durham, nickname Oky. There is somebody in a museum, who knows about what's going to take place. Since he has reformed and spent time in prison, he works with detective Arthur Brand to solve international art and jewelry heists.Īrthur Brand: In many cases, it is an inside job, you know. Octave Durham is no longer involved in criminal activity. Here, Jeffrey tells us what inspired this new series and what's in store for William Warwick.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]() The second book in the series, Hidden in Plain Sight follows the newly promoted Detective Sargeant William Warwick as he is reassigned to the drugs squad and begins to investigate a notorious south London drug lord. Can William outsmart suave art collector Miles Falkner and crack the case? It's while investigating this case that he meets Beth Rainsford, a research assistant with a secret, who he falls hopelessly in love with. ![]() William begins his career on the beat, before taking on his first high-stakes case, the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting, as a detective with the Art and Antiquities Squad. The first book in the series, Nothing Ventured, sees William graduate from university and, against his father's wishes, decide to join the Metropolitan Police Force. Fans of the series were intrigued to find out more about the character of William Warwick, and now the wait is over. Readers of Jeffrey Archer's internationally bestselling series The Clifton Chronicles may recognise William Warwick as the hero of Harry Clifton's novels. ![]()
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