In the 1900's authorities faced a lot of issues with finding a lot of stolen artwork and documents.

In the story Isabella Stewart Gardner heist:25 years of theories you follow the story of a reporter who works at the Boston herald in that story it talks about he's struggle to want to help the F.B.I but they don’t want he's help. The artwork is worth $500 million dollars so you could see why the F.B.I are struggling so much to try and find it. It was also very hard for authorities back in the day because they didn’t have the technology we have today. In the story the reporter finds paint chips and says they are from the painting but the F.B.I quickly comes out and says they are not from the stolen artwork. However, with new technology they