FBI offers reward in Missouri theft of Warhol prints

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Federal investigators looking into the theft of artwork -- including Andy Warhol prints of Campbell soup cans -- at a southwest Missouri museum hope a $25,000 reward stirs up leads.

The Springfield News-Leader reported the FBI announced the reward Monday.

The FBI says the break-in at the Springfield Art Museum took place early April 7 and involved the theft of seven of 10 Andy Warhol prints on permanent display. The site's Warhol collection is valued at $500,000.

City spokeswoman Cora Scott said the museum is a city department funded through property taxes. She said all the works at the museum are covered by a fine arts insurance policy that has an annual premium of roughly $14,000.

Information from: Springfield News-Leader, http://www.news-leader.com