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Thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre in broad daylight, emulating similar heist from Lupin and Ocean's 8. As the police hunt down the treasures, it may be hard for some to separate cinematic art from real life. (Remon Haazen / Getty Images)

Life can imitate a popular heist film

CK Smith
This image grab taken from AFPTV footage shows two environmental activists from the collective dubbed "Riposte Alimentaire" (Food Retaliation) gesturing as they stand in front of Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" (La Joconde) painting after hurling soup at the artwork, at the Louvre museum in Paris, on January 28, 2024. (DAVID CANTINIAUX/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)

Protesters make a mess of the Mona Lisa

Kelly McClure
Squeezing Grapefruit (Getty Images/Juj Winn)

Food is a symbol in political protest

Ekaterina Gladkova - The Conversation
Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, Mona Lisa (Raphael GAILLARDE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Mona Lisa attacked with slice of cake

Joy Saha
Jean-Pierre Muller (Getty/Jean-Pierre Muller)

Neuroscientists: Mona Lisa was faking it

Nicole Karlis
Pierce Brosnan as Thomas Crown in "The Thomas Crown Affair" (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

The myth of the art thief

Noah Charney
Leonardo DiCaprio (AP/Cliff Owen)

Leo DiCaprio's Mona Lisa

Anna Silman
(via Hyperallergic)

Mostafa Heddaya - Hyperallergic
(Wikipedia Creative Commons)

Katie McDonough
(AFP PHOTO / Mona Lisa Foundation)

Prachi Gupta