S. Vijay Kumar is a Singapore-based finance and shipping expert who is general manager of a leading ocean transportation company. In 2007–08 he started a blog on Indian art.   

In 2010 Vijay got involved with both Indian and United States law enforcement agencies that were investigating cases of idol theft and smuggling.   Vijay has played a role in the arrests of several idol thieves and smugglers. 

He has also successfully matched several stolen idols with pieces that have been acquired by museums, thereby ensuring their repatriation to India. Based on these experiences, he wrote his first book ‘The Idol Thief’.