How Thieves Stole A 150-Kg Book Cover Created By Salvador Dalí Without Raising An Alarm
\n\nStealing a book usually means slipping something small enough to carry into a bag. But in France, thieves have managed to steal something far more extraordinary: a 150-kilogram bronze book cover created by Salvador Dalí, decorated with gold, precious stones and seashells. The theft has left investigators confronting a peculiar mystery involving one of the most ambitious artistic books ever produced.
\n\nThe artwork disappeared from the C. Karoutzos Contemporary Art Centre in Issoire, central France, during the night of 4–5 October 2026. The stolen cover belonged to 'Livre de l'Apocalypse', an elaborate artistic interpretation of the biblical Book of Revelation.
\n\nUnlike ordinary books, 'Livre de l'Apocalypse was conceived as a collaboration between literature and visual art. French art publisher Joseph Forêt commissioned the project in the late 1950s, bringing together seven artists and seven writers to reinterpret the biblical account of the apocalypse.
\n\nThe contributors included Jean Cocteau, Jean Giono, Bernard Buffet, Georges Mathieu and Leonor Fini. Their interpretations accompanied handwritten biblical passages on sheepskin parchment, transforming the work into something closer to a portable museum than a conventional publication.
\n\nDalí created its monumental bronze…
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