PICTURE GALLERY ROBBER TURNED HIMSELF IN

PanARMENIAN.Net
02.04.2009 22:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On Mar. 31, Manvel V., aged 39, turned himself
in to Hrazdan Police Department. He admitted to having stolen 18
pictures by great Armenian artists from RA National Picture Gallery
Hrazdan Subsidiary. On the night of 30/31 March, Manvel V., having
broken the gallery window, stole 18 pictures by Ayvazovski, Gevorg
Bashindgaghyan, Mariam Aslamazyan, Panos Terlemezyan, Martiros Saryan,
Suren Safaryan, Hamayak Hakobyan, Stepan Aghadganyan, Sedrak Arakelyan
and Khatchatur Yesayan.

"The investigation is conducted on a state level and the culprit will
get his comeuppance," Manager of RA National Picture Gallery Hrazdan
Subsidiary told a PanARMENIAN.NET reporter.

RA National Picture Gallery Hrazdan Subsidiary compiled an exposition
of 101 works of painters and sculptors during 70 years of its
existence.