Austrian Authorities Catch Six Dealers Attempting to Sell Fake Picasso Paintings

The suspects maintain they believed the works to be authentic.

Alyssa Buffenstein, November 9, 2016

Police director Dr. Franz Prucher, Interior minister Mag. Wolfgang Sobotka, and General Franz Lang with a forgery. Photo courtesy Bundeskriminalamt.

Posing as art buyers, the Austrian authorities have arrested a ring of dealers selling forged paintings by Pablo Picasso, according to a statement released by the Bundeskriminalamt (criminal intelligence service) on Monday.

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