[MSN] Wax head of Mozart is stolen from museum

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Wax head of Mozart is stolen from museum
August 26, 2005

Associated Press


VIENNA, Austria - Thieves snatched the wax head of life-size Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart figure from a Salzburg museum, police said Saturday.

The wax figure of the composer was on display at "Next to Mozart," a
multimedia museum that opened last year. The wax head has an estimated value
of euro15,000 (US$18,427), but museum employees told Austria Press Agency
that the work was truly unique - and appealed for its return.

"It must have happened between 8 p.m. Friday, when we closed, and today
before 9 a.m.," museum employee Elisabeth Stoeckl told APA. "When we opened
up again, Mozart's head was gone."

The item was part of a Mozart figure on the museum's fourth floor. "It
stands just next to the wax figure of Herbert von Karajan," Stoeckl said.