The exhibit was billed as running for up to 10 days but was emptied of art in under 10 minutes.
TOKYO -- The Tokyo art exhibit opened to enthusiastic visitors, but many of those circulating weren't just there to soak in some culture -- they were casing the joint for a midnight raid.
It was originally conceived as a low-key event that might attract some covert thievery, but word spread so fast on social media that a crowd of nearly 200 people packed the streets near the gallery hoping for a chance to grab a prize. "The moment the staff said they should open early due to the big crowd, people rushed in from behind me. I was in the front, and I almost fell over," he told AFP.Hasada said he plans to hang the work, among those on display supplied by 10 contemporary artists, in his home.
"I entered with my husband and it was just packed with so many people... We saw larger artworks taken out by those who came earlier," she said.