Torched masterpiece scandal shocks sleepy Romania village

CARCALIU, Romania: Residents of the sleepy Romanian village of Carcaliu, on the banks of the Danube, are ill accustomed to international notoriety.

But in recent weeks they have been thrust into the global spotlight after it emerged that seven stolen masterpieces including works by Picasso and Monet may have been incinerated there in a desperate attempt by a mother to destroy evidence against her son.