Man caught on camera tucking £17,000 sculpture in his shorts at art gallery

Police in the US are on the hunt for a man who hid a £17,000 sculpture in his shorts in a brazen art gallery heist.

The theft at Duncan McClellan Gallery, in St Petersburg, Florida was caught on a security camera.

St Petersburg Police is now sharing the footage in the hope someone might recognise the man, reports 7 News Miami.

The force said he and an accomplice – who can also be seen in the video – walked into the gallery on November 11 last year.

The accomplice distracted a member of staff while the man picked up a piece called Torso XI by Latchezar Boyadjiev – worth $21,000 (£17,200) – and tucked it into his shorts.

The accomplice, who has been identified as Willie Wilson, 45, was arrested and charged as a principal to grand theft greater than $20,000 but less than $100,000.

The man that took the sculpture is still at large.

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