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Masterpiece detectives: inside the investigator's art

Art and antiques worth billions of pounds are stolen every year. Karin Goodwin tracks the detectives on the trail of missing masterpieces.

Lord Stewartby's coin collection was said by experts to be unique. The former Tory minister started it when he was just four years old and, more than 60 years later, he had amassed almost 2000 coins, dating back as far as 1136 and valued at more than £500,000.