Italian authorities announced the recovery of three valuable paintings by French artists Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, which were stolen from a museum near Parma in March. The Carabinieri officers from Italy’s cultural heritage protection unit located the artworks in an apartment in Parma, with nine Moldovan nationals now under investigation for the theft. The paintings, including Cezanne’s “Tasse et Plat de Cerises,” Renoir’s “Les Poissons,” and Matisse’s “Odalisque sur la Terrasse,” were taken from the Fondazione Magnani Rocca museum in Mamiano di Traversetolo. The estimated value of the stolen paintings exceeded €9 million ($14.4 million).

A video released by the police showed two masked burglars entering the museum via a window, swiftly removing the three paintings from the wall, and making a quick exit in less than three minutes. The Fondazione Magnani Rocca is renowned for housing a private collection curated by the late music critic Luigi Magnani, featuring works by renowned artists such as Titian, Francisco Goya, Claude Monet, and Giorgio Morandi.