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Summary Four other employees at the museum were given six-month prison terms.
Egyptian court jailed five officials, including a former head of the states fine arts department, over the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million.Vase with Viscaria was stolen in August from Cairos Mahmoud Khalil museum, home to one of the Middle Easts finest collections of 19th and 20th-century art. The court sentenced Mohsen Shaalan, who was head of the culture ministrys fine arts department, to one year in jail and ordered him to perform community service. Four other employees at the museum were given six-month prison terms.
