Italian authorities have cracked a network of art forgers who made and sold fake works by Warhol, Banksy, Picasso and others.

Italian authorities say the network could have done 200 million euros ($212 million) in economic damage by flooding the art market with fake works.

Italy’s art police are investigating 38 people being and have seized more than 2,000 works of art since beginning the operation in 2023.

According to Italian officials, a criminal network operating across Europe has forged artworks by Banksy, Picasso, and Warhol. An international operation resulted in the seizure of more than 2,100 forged pieces across Italy,

Italian police have uncovered a pan-European forgery ring responsible for producing and selling counterfeit artworks attributed to dozens artists including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí and Banksy.

Italy’s culture ministry said Monday the seizures in Italy, France, Spain and Belgium netted 2,100 fake works attributed to more than 30 famed artists, including Andy Warhol, Amedeo Modigliani, Banksy, Pablo Picasso, Joan Mirò, Francis Bacon ...

On show in a historic palazzo in the central Italian city of Pisa this week are about 450 works arranged by some headline-grabbing names: Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol​, and others. Alongside them are paint tubes,

Italian authorities say they have dismantled a network of European art forgers who made fake Warhols, Banksys and Picassos and then tried to sell them with the help of complicit auction houses.