 The film originally showed Crown breaking the backing of the  Claude Monet (qv) painting in order to fit it into his briefcase.  However, John McTiernan (I) (qv) later decided that audiences  might be put off if they saw him in some way damage the painting, so  he edited the scene so that it only showed Crown putting the folded  painting into his briefcase, and figured most people wouldnt catch  on to the fact that the briefcase was half the size of the painting.