NEW : Painting has not yet been recovered ; earlier reports were unconfirmed . `` Poppy Flowers '' was stolen from a museum in Cairo Saturday . Italians authorities stopped Two suspects at Cairo International Airport . It also had been stolen in 1978 and returned under unknown circumstances , causing some to think that the piece was copied in the process , according to MENA . The painting is estimated to be worth about $ 50 million .
NEW : Painting has not yet been recovered ; earlier reports were unconfirmed . `` Poppy Flowers '' was stolen from a museum in Cairo Saturday . Italians authorities stopped Two suspects at Cairo International Airport . The painting is estimated to be worth about $ 50 million .