00:00The family running the Jofelena Museum in Silay City, Negros Occidental, hires a private
00:06detective to help find a stolen painting by the late national artist Fernando Amorsolo.
00:11Rene Jofelena confirms to Rappler Tuesday, July 9, they contracted the services of a
00:16Manila-based detective to locate the 1936 Amorsolo art piece, Mango Harvesters.
00:22The painting was stolen from a private museum on Cinco de Noviembre Street in Silay on July
00:273.
00:28Silay Police say the suspects posed as tourists on July 3 and stole the painting while blending
00:32in with other visitors.
00:34Silay Mayor Jodith Gallego also offered a P25,000 reward for the immediate arrest of
00:40the suspects.
00:41Retired City Tourism Officer Ver Pasetes says the stolen painting is worth millions of pesos.
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