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Outlook Mixtape: how far would you go to save a painting?

An art-loving FBI agent; a refugee Cypriot icon hunter; an 11th generation Dutch art collector; and the property developer who stumbled upon artistic greatness.

FBI man Robert 'Bob' Wittman went undercover as a shady art dealer to recover hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of art. Dutch art dealer Jan Six's family history is intricately connected to the Dutch Master Rembrandt and in 2016, Jan made a discovery that shook the art world.
Tasoula Hadjitofi fled war-torn Cyprus as a child. Years later, she worked with a shadowy middleman to uncover the network looting her country's most sacred relics. Thomas Schultz set out on a pretty standard business venture - buy, do up and sell a cottage in Bellport, not far from New York City. But what he found in the garage would change his life.

Presenter: Saskia Collette
Producer: Laura Thomas

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