A Van Gogh painting worth $50 million stolen from a Cairo museum is still missing, Egypt's culture minister says.Earlier Farouk Hosni had said two Italians had been arrested at Cairo airport, and the small canvas found.
But later he said he had been given "inaccurate" information, and the painting was still missing.
The painting - known as both Poppy Flowers and Vase And Flowers - was "cut from its frame" at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum on Saturday, Mr Hosni said.
Two Italians had been arrested at Cairo airport later in the day, after earlier visiting the museum.
The state news agency Mena reported that visitors to the exhibition had been investigated, and the Italian couple had aroused suspicion after they were seen visiting a toilet and then rapidly leaving the premises.
Italy's Ansa news agency said the two Italians were young and had been part of a tour group visiting the gallery.
It is not clear whether the pair are still under arrest.
via BBC News - Egyptian minister says Van Gogh picture still missing.
$50 million, eh? Kind of disturbing, that bloody cats eye, those red lips and that bloody ear. The nose is epic. I could see someone paying $50 million for the nose alone.
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