Season 1 (2023)
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Episodes 8
Robbing the Cradle: The Looting Of The Iraq Museum
The Looting of the Iraq Museum: As Baghdad fell to US forces in 2003,15,000 priceless antiquities were stolen. Learn about the efforts to catch the culprits.
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Blood Antiquities: Islamic State And The Theft Of Syria's Past
Rewind and learn about how Western collectors turned a blind eye to ISIS selling Syria's precious ancient past to the highest bidders.
Read MoreBehind The Mask: Robbing The Land Of The Pharaohs
A fragment of papyrus worth more than its weight in gold appears at auction, spelling the end for a superstar Oxford don.
Read MoreThou Shalt Not Steal: Hobby Lobby and the Museum of the Bible
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Stealing Beauty: The Morgantina Goddess and the Getty Museum
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Michael Steinhardt and the Greek Pot of Gold
The case of hedge-fund billionaire and collector Michael Steinhardt, who in December 2021 surrendered 180 stolen relics worth an estimated $70million and agreed to an `unprecedented” lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities.
Read MoreDealer Douglas Latchford was the go-to expert in Khmer antiquities with connections at the world's biggest museums. But when authorities began to look closer at his collection, his world - and reputation - began to crumble
Read MoreA Deal with the Devil: Hitler's Museum of Stolen Art
In 2012, the search of a Munich flat owned by elderly recluse, Cornelius Gurlitt, uncovers a stash of lost art linked to his father, the man known as Hitler's Art Dealer.
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