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Sculpture stolen from Madoff's Montauk home

Quick ReadFederal marshals beef up security at waterfront "cottage" after rusted-steel artwork disappears

Bernard Madoff's beach house in Montauk (Sept. 3,

Photo credit: Newsday / Karen Wiles Stabile | Bernard Madoff's beach house in Montauk (Sept. 3, 2009)

Federal marshals were beefing up security Wednesday at the former Montauk home of imprisoned con man Bernard Madoff after the theft of a 4-foot-tall rusted steel sculpture off the front porch.

The flat metal sculpture, valued at $300, was the smallest in a group of three by the entrance and "an Aztec replica of some kind," said East Hampton Town Police Chief Todd Sarris.

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