Two paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art thefts have been recovered in an abandoned car, Swiss police have confirmed.
The pictures, by Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet, were among four paintings worth $160m (£82m) that were stolen from Zurich's Emil Buehrle Collection.
They were discovered on the back seat of a white sedan parked outside a psychiatric hospital in the city.
Three masked, armed men took the artworks from the museum last week.
The two recovered paintings are Monet's Poppies near Vetheuil (1879) and van Gogh's Chestnut in Bloom (1890).
They were in good condition and still under the glass behind which they were displayed in the museum, Zurich police commandant Philipp Hotzenkoecherle said.
The two other stolen paintings, Degas's Count Lepic and his Daughters (1871) and Cezanne's Boy in a Red Jacket (1888), are still missing.
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