He waited 15 hours until the next morning. On the day of the crime, the museum was closed for repairs. Perugia walked out into the museum wearing the same kind of clothes as the other repairmen.
No one paid attention to him as he walked out the door!.
Police looked all the world-Russia, Japan, and Brazil. They even interviewed over Perugia, but they let him go! Police continued to look for the painting. Two years passed before Perugia brought Mona Lisa to man in Florence, Italy, who dealt in art. Florence a is where Leonardo da Vinci painted Mona Lisa. Unfortunately for Perugia, the art the city dealer called the police, who arrested3 him.