{"id":52952,"date":"2025-10-26T08:13:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T08:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/police-bust-plot-to-sell-fake-paintings-purportedly-by-rembrandt-picasso-frida-kahlo\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T08:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T08:13:35","slug":"police-bust-plot-to-sell-fake-paintings-purportedly-by-rembrandt-picasso-frida-kahlo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/police-bust-plot-to-sell-fake-paintings-purportedly-by-rembrandt-picasso-frida-kahlo\/","title":{"rendered":"Police bust plot to sell fake paintings purportedly by Rembrandt, Picasso, Frida Kahlo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A plot spanning three countries to sell suspected forgeries of paintings by artists including <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rembrandt-night-watch-dog-mystery-solved-rijksmuseum\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Rembrandt<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pablo-picasso-different-perspectives-on-the-cubists-life-and-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pablo Picasso<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/frida-kahlo-appearances-can-be-deceiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Frida Kahlo<\/a><\/span> for huge sums of money was busted, police said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The main suspect, a 77-year-old German man, allegedly attempted to sell 20 fake paintings, which also included purported works by Flemish old master Peter Paul Rubens, Spanish artist Joan Miro and Italian sculptor Amedeo Modigliani. Police in Bavaria said he was aided by 10 accomplices.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators first became suspicious of the septuagenarian when he attempted to sell two supposedly original paintings by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso on the art market, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp9713z4k81o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS News partner BBC News reported<\/a>. One of the artworks featured a portrait of Dora Maar, a French photographer, painter and poet who was Picasso&#8217;s most famous muse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/24\/95ddf117-2847-4e60-a15d-baf7ab6ac731\/thumbnail\/620x405\/08fc30572ed9a165cfb85befb4d88f03\/2025-10-24t105030z-103335044-rc2aiha5o5yb-rtrmadp-3-germany-crime-counterfeits.jpg#\" alt=\"Bavarian police displays counterfeits of famous painters of Picasso, Rembrandt and Rubens in Munich \" height=\"405\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/24\/95ddf117-2847-4e60-a15d-baf7ab6ac731\/thumbnail\/620x405\/08fc30572ed9a165cfb85befb4d88f03\/2025-10-24t105030z-103335044-rc2aiha5o5yb-rtrmadp-3-germany-crime-counterfeits.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/24\/95ddf117-2847-4e60-a15d-baf7ab6ac731\/thumbnail\/1240x810\/66b722d0319275187b67c82495ee062f\/2025-10-24t105030z-103335044-rc2aiha5o5yb-rtrmadp-3-germany-crime-counterfeits.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A counterfeited painting called &#8220;Marie Therese Walter&#8221; of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso that was offered for the 35 to 60 million euros is displayed with other forged paintings of Rembrandt, Rubens and Picasso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Fariha Farooqui \/ REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police said the man then wanted to sell De Staalmeesters, a famous oil painting by Rembrandt, for 120 million Swiss francs ($150 million) \u2014 despite the original painting hanging in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>The copy, thought to be from the 20th century, was found in the possession of an 84-year-old Swiss woman, who is also under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was, as suspected, a copy and not a lost masterpiece by Rembrandt van Rijn,&#8221; police said after the copy was examined by an art expert, BBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>The paintings were being offered for between 400,000 euros and about 130 million euros ($465,000 and $150 million), police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/24\/92b46acd-2bc3-4a67-873b-94cd07c11f69\/thumbnail\/620x422\/e2345ef40c494b890e7a69e62a0b9c63\/2025-10-24t103542z-821884663-rc2aiha4wz55-rtrmadp-3-germany-crime-counterfeits.jpg#\" alt=\"Bavarian police displays counterfeits of famous painters of Picasso, Rembrandt and Rubens in Munich \" height=\"422\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/24\/92b46acd-2bc3-4a67-873b-94cd07c11f69\/thumbnail\/620x422\/e2345ef40c494b890e7a69e62a0b9c63\/2025-10-24t103542z-821884663-rc2aiha4wz55-rtrmadp-3-germany-crime-counterfeits.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/24\/92b46acd-2bc3-4a67-873b-94cd07c11f69\/thumbnail\/1240x844\/b2adc50c9383866d54870b8930e12e73\/2025-10-24t103542z-821884663-rc2aiha4wz55-rtrmadp-3-germany-crime-counterfeits.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Bavarian federal state investigation office unveils a counterfeit painting by Flemish Baroque artist Anthony van Dyck, titled &#8220;Mary with Child,&#8221; which was offered for 5.39 million euros in Munich, Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Fariha Farooqui \/ REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police carried out searches last week in several cities in southern Germany as well as in Berlin, several parts of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, they said.<\/p>\n<p>The main suspect and another German man, aged 74, accused of preparing reports to confirm the works&#8217; authenticity, were arrested when police carried out raids. 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