A valuable sculpture was stolen from a pedestal. The security cameras showed the room was empty for ten minutes, then suddenly the sculpture was gone without anyone entering or leaving the frame. How did the thief pull off the heist?
They hid inside the pedestal
The thief was already inside the hollow pedestal before the camera recording started, reached out to take the sculpture, and remained hidden inside until after the shift change.
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