claude picasso could not believe his eyes.explanations were a bit murky. i quickly understood that they must have stolen them. >> did you know immediately that they were real? >> yes, but i didn't tell them that. >> you didn't want to give anything away. >> i couldn't. because it was so, amazing. and they kept pulling me out. pulling out things. >> mr. and more. >> more, more, more. so i said is that all? they said, no, no, no, we have some more here. i couldn't, that's incredible. and, but i didn't say. >> didn't reveal anything on your face. >> oh, nice, how lucky. whatever. and i had to let them go. because there is no system that can make me -- clamp down on these possessions. >> you couldn't seize them? >> no, no. >> so you had to let them go. >> you have to let them go. i knew what i had to do next. >> called the police? >> yes. >> reporter: the police opened an investigation. three weeks later, they were at the door, seized the works and they seized the couple. >> translator: we were taken into custody to nice, my wife