![]() ![]() ![]() Despite his use of many disposable cell phones, the police identified the burglar and published a picture of him. Through a scavenger hunt and SMS he wanted to handle the exchange. In October 2005, the thief sent the police the detachable trident of the Saliera together with a demand of 10 million euros ransom. The thief, however, aroused public attention a few times, such as when he made fun of the Saliera’s safety in a radio interview on the subject of security or when he anonymously demanded a 5 million euro ransom. After an initially broad media coverage, global search and various finger-pointing, it gradually became quieter around the ‘Saliera case’. ![]() The excitement in Austria was great because the Saliera was secretly regarded as a symbol of Austrian art and cultural treasures. Everyone of us could have gone up there,“ the thief said later. The theft of this artwork, worth 50 million euros, was that easy because the responsible security guard believed the alarm to be a false one. All he had to do was hit the un-armored glass cabinet, remove the Saliera, and jump through the open window. Although the alarm was triggered immediately, he was able to steal the Saliera effortlessly. He climbed over a building site and through a window into the museum, where the last guests of the event ‘Long Night in the Museums’ had just left. On his way home, when he passed the Museum of Fine Arts, where he had recently taken part in a guided tour and was baffled by the bad alarm technology, he decided to enter the museum. The idea of the alarm engineer had a different dimension. Most of the time these ideas play out in the category ‘childish pranks’ or ‘teenage stupidity’. It is well known that one does not always have the most terrific ideas after a boozy nigh out. ![]()
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