(Image Source: San Francisco Police Department / Weinstein Gallery)

BY: CHARLES STANLEY

ANCHOR: MEGAN MURPHY

So a man walks by a restaurant with a Picasso...

Yeah, for real.

Turns out -- police say that man had a mini-gallery up and running --  his living room.

Alleged thief Mark Lugo was arrested July 6th after getting caught -- on camera -- holding the “Tete de Femme” a Picasso sketch worth $200,000 dollars stolen from the Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco.  But what investigators found in his apartment Tuesday was even more shocking.  

“A police raid on his Hoboken apartment in the early hours of Tuesday unearthed a trove of art worth up to half a million dollars. Eleven works -- five from New York City galleries and six from hotels…” (The Bay Citizen)

“…Including wait for it…another Picasso.” (CNN)

Apparently Lugo hung all eleven paintings around his apartment -- saving the best spot for the Picasso.

"Hoboken Detective Sgt. Edwin Pantoja said the Picasso was hung in the living room of Lugo's apartmentin a prominent spot … Pantoja said it didn’t look like the stolen art was meant to be sold, but rather to be displayed.”  (San Francisco Chronicle) 

The man who helped police track down Lugo was just a few doors down from the museum. The business owner had installed security cameras -- went through the tape on his own and boom -- found the suspected thief.

“They call him the sockless preppy Picasso thief. …  I figured just get the time. And start looking through the video.  It only took five minutes to find him. … Look at that guy he’s walking by with the Picasso.” (NBC / KNTV)
 

According to the Associated Press -- Lugo is also charged with stealing 6,000 worth of wine from a New Jersey wine store back in April.