claude picasso could not believe his eyes and did not believe the le guennecs. >> claude picasso: thetions were a bit murky, but i quickly understood that they must have stolen them. >> whitaker: did you know, immediately, that they were real? >> claude picasso: yes, but i didn't tell them that. >> whitaker: you didn't want to give anything away. >> claude picasso: i couldn't because it was so... it was so amazing. and they kept pulling out things. >> whitaker: more and more. >> claude picasso: more and more and more. so, at a certain point, i said, "is that all?" and they said, "no, no, no. we have some more here." and i... i couldn't... i... that's incredible. and... and but i, you know, i didn't say anything at all. >> whitaker: you didn't reveal anything on your face. >> claude picasso: "how nice. how lucky." ( laughs ) whatever, you know. some banality like this. and i had to let them go because there is no system that can make me clamp down on these possessions. >> whitaker: you... you couldn't seize them... >> claude picasso: no, no. >> whitaker: ...so you had to let them go. >