'Spiderman' thief given 8-year term for $100m Paris art heist A thief nicknamed "Spiderman" spoke to reporters before being sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing five masterpieces from a top Paris museum. Vjeran Tomic and two accomplices were also fined a whopping 104 million euros ($110.5 million) over the theft of five paintings by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Ferdinand Leger and Amedeo Modigliani from the Musee d'Art Moderne in 2010 in one of the most daring art heists in recent years. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES