Italian authorities announced on Friday the successful recovery of three prized paintings by French artists Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir that were stolen from a museum close to Parma earlier in the year. The Carabinieri officers, as part of Italy’s cultural heritage protection unit, located the artworks in an apartment in Parma, with nine individuals from Moldova now under investigation for their involvement in the theft. The paintings, which include Cezanne’s “Tasse et Plat de Cerises,” Renoir’s “Les Poissons,” and Matisse’s “Odalisque sur la Terrasse,” were taken from the Fondazione Magnani Rocca museum in Mamiano di Traversetolo on the night of March 22-23. Experts estimated the combined value of the artworks to be over €9 million ($14.4 million).

A video released by the police showcased the swift theft, depicting two masked burglars entering through a window, swiftly removing the paintings from the wall, and exiting the premises in under three minutes. The Fondazione Magnani Rocca is renowned for housing a private collection curated by the late music critic Luigi Magnani, featuring masterpieces by renowned artists such as Titian, Francisco Goya, Claude Monet, and Giorgio Morandi, among others.