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Tuesday, 04 August 2015 11:00

Customs Officials Seize a $27 Million Picasso Painting in Corsica

Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso. Flickr

French custom officials in the island of Corsica have seized a 24 million-euro ($27.4 million) masterpiece by Pablo Picasso that was banned from leaving Spain where it is considered a national treasure.

Corsican authorities say in a statement Tuesday they were tipped off about an attempted smuggling of the prized 1906 painting, "Head of a Young Woman," to Switzerland.

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