Claude Monet painted more than 40 panneaux for The Grandes Decorations. Monet did a series of well-known paintings of London bridges. The thief's mom was so anxious to protect her son that she burned the paintings in her oven, resulting in an estimated $130 to $260 million value of art going up in smoke. The pirates demanded $25 million to launch the ship's crew. Paphitis, Nicholas. "Tanker crew fights off attack by pirates." The Scotsman. This reality has attracted the unwanted attention of pi...