Cairo, Egypt – A Cairo court has jailed up to eleven local Government officials, including Mohsen Shaalan the head of the culture ministry’s fine arts department over the theft of a priceless Van Gogh painting worth at least $50m (£32m). It was stolen from a Cairo museum last summer. The painting titled “Vase with Viscaria” was stolen in August from Cairo’s Mahmoud Khalil Museum after being cut from its frame. The collection is home to one of the Middle East’s finest 19th and 20th-century art collections.