LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — Police are searching for the culprits behind an art heist in a Las Vegas Valley home, after thieves broke in and took works of art off the walls.

The theft happened late July in a neighborhood near Russell Road and Eastern Avenue.

84-year-old Delilah Jones woke up from an afternoon nap, discovered her sliding door open and a case of belongings tossed on the floor.

“It’s such an invasion of privacy. I was in shock,” Jones said. “Then I realized what they did and why they came in. Pictures were gone, pictures were gone from the wall. I said, ”I’ve been robbed!” she said.

Jones called the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and reported five paintings missing; she later discovered a sixth gone. In the police report, officers recorded the value of the works totaling around

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