{
  "id": 14446906,
  "title": "Two Recently Stolen Renoir Paintings Were Found Hidden Behind a Cinderblock Wall. French Police Used DNA Evidence and Vehicle Tracking to Crack the Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/two-recently-stolen-renoir-paintings-were-found-hidden-behind-a",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-14T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-recently-stolen-renoir-paintings-were-found-hidden-behind-a-cinderblock-wall-french-police-used-dna-evidence-and-vehicle-tracking-to-crack-the-case-180989678/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The bungled heist took place at the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera in September. French authorities made six arrests and believe they prevented another \"imminent\" theft, possibly at a nearby modern art museum",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}