Thieves believe they have stolen €3m art but it is a copy

Painting, initially thought to be an original by Brueghel the Younger, taken from church
The heist appeared to have gone entirely according to plan. The thieves broke into the display case in an Italian church on Wednesday morning and made off with a €3m painting by the 17th-century Flemish artist Pieter Brueghel the Younger.But police revealed that night there had been one hitch – the snatched painting was a copy. Related: Stolen masterpiece paintings returned to Italy from UkraineCo