The Judiciary Police (PJ) recovered 278 works of art, allegedly belonging to an American citizen who passed away in 2024, which were in the possession of a former employee. Among the seized items, artworks were identified as allegedly created by 27 different authors, namely Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, David Hockney, Albrecht Dürer, Pierre Bonnard, and Juan Downey. The items include paintings, lithographs, serigraphs, sculptures, and archaeological objects, among other cultural assets, with some appearing to be artistic and architectural productions from the 'Before Christ' (B.C.) period, spanning Prehistory and Antiquity. The collection includes sculptures dated between the 1st century B.C. and the 18th century, as well as archaeological artifacts from the Neolithic and Greco-Roman periods, and from various origins such as Persia, the Middle East, Central and South America, Africa, China, and Syria. The recovery of these works followed a series of searches, both residential and non-residential, in Penalva do Castelo, in close collaboration with experts from the Machado de Castro National Museum. Investigations are ongoing, with the inquiry led by the Viseu DIAP.