The discovery brought renewed attention to the many unresolved cases of looted art that was never returned to original Jewish owners or their descendants. She said the nearly 1,500 Gurlitt items, valued at 1.3 billion euros ($1.39 billion), represented only a fraction of the looted art. As in many restitution cases, though, the heirs' demands for the return of looted art led to conflicts with the current owners. To his horror, the man learned that the painting he had purchased at a Berlin auction in 2000 for 130,000 euros ($139,000) was the one Nazis looted from Friedman. That's when the Israeli man approached Heller about returning the painting to its rightful owners.

Source: ABC News April 07, 2017 06:33 UTC