The theft occurred last Friday, May 25. Police believe that the culprit may have removed the dress, valued at €100,000, on behalf of a collector. According to the newspaper Kathimerini, institute director Melita Palestini said that the location of the dress, in a corner behind a column, might have made it easier for the thief to steal it.
Callas was born of Greek parents in the U.S. and became a Greek citizen at 43 in 1966, at the end of her relationship with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. She died 11 years later in Paris.
