SPANISH POLICE RECOVER €5 MILLION FRANCIS BACON PAINTING STOLEN IN 2015
In a significant development, Spanish police have recovered a valuable painting by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon, valued at €5 million (£4.3 million). The recovered artwork, "Study for Portrait of José Capelo" (1989), was one of five paintings stolen from the Madrid home of José Capelo, a Spanish banker and close friend of Bacon, in a daring heist nearly a decade ago.