Durham involved in 8 of 15 major Dutch heists
Octave Durham claims involvement in 8 of 15 major art heists in the Netherlands, establishing him as the country's most prolific art thief.
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Octave Durham: The Netherlands' Most Famous Art Thief
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With Brand's story established, Rossman pivots to his unlikely partner: Octave Durham, 53, who in the same matter-of-fact tone he uses for everything announces he has been involved in at least 8 of the 15 major art heists in the Netherlands. [1] — Octave Durham "Durham involved in 8 of 15 major Dutch heists: Octave Durham claims involvement in 8 of 15 major art heists in the Netherlands, establishin…" 10:33 Durham is calm and collected when Rossman meets him in Amsterdam, dressed in a black baseball cap and designer sneakers. He grew up in a neighbourhood where petty crime was unremarkable, graduated from stealing bikes as a teenager to robbing banks as a young adult, and discovered along the way that he possessed a rare combination of calm, planning ability, and sheer nerve. He never used violence — a point of pride. By his late 20s, he had set his sights on a target that would define his public identity forever: the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
The Van Gogh Museum Heist in Under 4 Minutes
Durham spotted the Van Gogh Museum's floor-to-ceiling glass windows and tapped one — it wasn't even bulletproof. He and a partner climbed to the roof, smashed a window, grabbed two paintings, shimmied down a rope, and were gone in less than 4 minutes.
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