Loot - Blood Treasure
It's the black-market nobody wants to talk about - because the illicit merchandise adorns the walls of the fabulously wealthy and occupies podiums in the world's greatest museums and most powerful auction houses. And nobody wants to think too hard about where the loot came from... until now. Blood Treasure lifts the veil on the global crime wave that's destroying the ... Read all
Cast:Robert Lee
S1.E1 ∙ Robbing the Cradle: The Looting of the Iraq Museum
As Baghdad falls to US forces in 2003,15,000 priceless antiquities from the cradle of civilization are stolen from the unprotected Iraq Museum. Iraqi archaeologist, Donny George, and US Marine Colonel Matthew Bogdanos watch the looting with horror. The two men join forces to launch an investigation in a race against the clock to track them down before the ancient treasures leave the country.
S1.E2 ∙ Blood Antiquities: Islamic State and the Theft of Syria's Past
When ISIS launched its murderous campaign in Syria and northern Iraq, it needed cash to fund its terrorist operations. While Islamic State terrorists were bombarding screens across the globe with propaganda videos documenting their slaughter of innocents, and destruction of irreplaceable archaeological sites, behind the scenes they were selling Syria's precious ancient past to the highest bidders. While western collectors turned a blind eye to the source of the antiquities they were buying, their money was going into the pockets of extremist groups hell-bent on destroying the west.
S1.E3 ∙ Behind the Mask: Robbing the Land of the Pharaohs
When a tiny fragment of papyrus worth more than its weight in gold appears at auction, it marks the beginning of the end for a superstar Oxford don.
S1.E4 ∙ Thou Shall Not Steal: Hobby Lobby and the Museum of the Bible
It's a routine day for the customs officials at Memphis International Airport when they open a shipment labelled as tile samples. What they discover inside will shake the foundations of one of America's wealthiest families.
S1.E5 ∙ Stealing Beauty: The Morgantina Goddess and the Getty Museum
The curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum's antiquities collection, Marion True, falls into disgrace, brought down by jet-setting antiquities dealer, Robin Symes.
S1.E6 ∙ Risky Business: Michael Steinhardt and the Greek Pot of Gold
In December 2021, hedge-fund billionaire and antiquities collector, Michael Steinhardt, is forced to turn over $70 million worth of stolen loot, and banned from collecting for life.
S1.E7 ∙ Making a Killing: Douglas Latchford and the Cambodian Killing Fields
Dealer Douglas Latchford was the go-to expert in Khmer antiquities with connections at the world's biggest museums. But when authorities began to look closer at his collection, his world - and reputation - began to crumble.
S1.E8 ∙ A Deal with the Devil: Hitler's Museum of Stolen Art
In 2012, the search of a Munich flat owned by elderly recluse, Cornelius Gurlitt, uncovers a stash of lost art linked to his father, the man known as Hitler's Art Dealer.
