It narrowly escaped being melted down after the French Revolution, but a 16th century gold case containing the heart of the only woman to have twice been crowned queen of France has now been stolen. The theft of the reliquary containing the heart of Anne of Brittany, who was briefly betrothed to the Prince of Wales, has provoked outrage over the loss of an object of enormous historical value. Robbers broke in through a window of the Thomas-Dobrée museum in the western French city of Nantes during the weekend. They got away with the 6-inch oval case despite setting off an alarm.

Charges stem from cellphone photo of Rep. Curry Todd removing opponents' campaign signs. By Clay Bailey.

Pablo Picasso, who would go on to become the world’s most frequently pilfered artist, once said, “Good artists copy; great artists steal.” Bad ones? They get caught. Here are the stories of eight attempted art heists that were something less than masterpieces. By Abigail Cain and Isaac Kaplan. (June 22, 2016)

A young businessman in Delhi suffering losses in his business made a near-perfect plan to recover his money. Mintoo Kumar, 28, a BCA graduate, took a car on rent, sold it on a e-commerce site posing as the car owner and then stole it the same night from its new owner. Last week, police received information at the Dwarka Sector 23 station about a car theft. On checking the car’s record, the police were perplexed because the details given by the owner belonged to a different Mahindra XUV car of the same colour belonging to a Delhi resident.

A Chinese woman suspected of stealing a $300,000 (£195,000) diamond in the Thai capital, Bangkok, has had the jewel surgically removed from her intestines. She is thought to have swallowed it in order to smuggle it out of the country. The woman is believed to have stolen the six-carat diamond from a jewellery fair on Thursday by swapping it for a fake gemstone.

In the back, according to investigators from the Bronx district attorney's office, was a crudely sketched imitation of a drawing by Salvador Dalí.

Here are practical ways to prevent your tiny house and trailer from being stolen. Texan Casey Friday reports that police found his teeny trailered tiny home in someone else's driveway and he's figuring out a safer place to keep it. Tiny house advocates and authors Dee Williams and Alex Pino offer more security suggestions.