Vatican receives €100k ransom demand for stolen Michelangelo letters
Source: Guardian
The Vatican has received a ransom demand for two documents written by Michelangelo that were stolen from its archives nearly 20 years ago.
The theft of the documents – one a letter including the signature of the Renaissance artist who painted the Sistine Chapel, designed part of St Peter’s Basilica and sculpted statues such as David and the Pieta – had not been made public before Sunday.
Following a report by the Rome newspaper Il Messaggero on Sunday, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said a cardinal in charge of St Peter’s Basilica had been contacted recently by a person who offered to get the documents back for what Lombardi called “a certain price”.
Il Messaggero said the person, described as a former Vatican employee, had asked for €100,000 (£72,000).
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/08/vatican-ransom-demand-stolen-michelangelo-letters
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