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Monday, 02 March 2015 10:54

Spanish Police Arrest Nine Suspects Accused of Selling Fake Works by Picasso, Warhol, and Miró

The forgers sold fake Picasso paintings. Pictured: Pablo Picasso's 'Buste de Femme,' 1944. The forgers sold fake Picasso paintings. Pictured: Pablo Picasso's 'Buste de Femme,' 1944. Flickr

In Spain, police have busted up a group that allegedly created and sold fake works of art to unsuspecting collectors.

According to The Associated Press, the brazen gang was trying to pass of works from such easily identifiable masters as pop artist Andy Warhol, the surrealist Joan Miro, and even the most famous painter of the 20th century Pablo Picasso.

The officers have arrested nine suspects in the eastern region of Valencia.

An Interior Ministry statement said the people arrested are both those who have allegedly created the fake art, as well as possible accomplices who helped the paintings be sold in galleries and online.

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