Even experienced employees of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department could not remember such a daring crime! A group of burglars managed to break into the police academy's armory and take out a huge amount of weapons. The criminal situation in the city threatened to get out of control. Investigator Arseny Khabakov, who was entrusted with the theft case, suddenly came to a stunning conclusion: the incident at the police academy is closely connected with the recent mysterious disappearance of priceless paintings by the private collector Potap Feoktistov. Traces of weapons and ancient paintings were discovered first in London, and then in Greece. They led to such an odious personality, next to whom no sane person would dare to be...