Three men who confessed to the brazen theft of the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Sets You Free") sign from the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz have re-enacted the event for investigators who said the crime might have been commissioned.
Polish media have reported, without citing any sources, that a person living in Sweden could be under suspicion.
Krakow police spokesman Dariusz Nowak did not say why investigators were looking at the possibility of the theft being organised, but said that "indeed it looks like someone is behind it".
Mr Nowak said foreign police have been notified and are working on the case but refused to elaborate.
Police found the sign on Sunday - cut into three pieces and hidden under snow in the woods - and arrested five suspects in northern Poland.
Officials said three of the five men have confessed to Friday's pre-dawn theft of the sign, which is a symbol of Nazi Germany atrocities during World War Two.
Prosecutor Piotr Kosmaty said the three who had confessed were taken back to Auschwitz to show investigators how they unscrewed and tore the sign, which weighs 66 pounds (30 kilograms), and is 16 feet (five meters) long, from the gateposts.
Mr Kosmaty said the two other men had denied any involvement and, further, denied being at Auschwitz.
In Krakow, police displayed the broken sign for journalists. It was cut into three parts, with each part bearing one of the words. Some of the steel pipe that formed its outline was bent and the letter "i" was missing from the word "Frei" because it had been left behind during the theft. It was recovered at the scene.
She said experts will be analyzing the sign "millimeter by millimeter" for clues as to how it was cut up and by whom.
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