Fake art network of Banksys, Warhols and more dismantled in Italy
Italian authorities say the network could have done 200 million euros ($212 million) in economic damage by flooding the art market with fake works.
Italian Police Bust Art Forgery Ring, Seizing More Than $200 Million in Fake Works by Banksy, Picasso, and Others
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.
Italian Police Uncover Major Art Forgery Ring Involving, Picasso, Warhol, Banksy Works
The fake art included forged works by Banksy, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. The operation, led by Pisa's Chief Prosecutor Teresa Angela Camelio, marks a major blow to art crime in Europe.
Fake art network involving Banksys, Warhols, and Picassos uncovered in Italy
The fake artworks have been attributed to more than 30 famed artists and could have done 200 million euros in economic damage to the art industry.
Banksy forgeries: huge European fake art network uncovered in Italy
Italian police have uncovered a large-scale pan-European forgery network making and selling fake artworks attributed to some of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art, including Banksy, Pablo Picasso,
European operation uncovers fake art network forging Banksy, Picasso and Warhol work
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,
Art forgery network involving fake Banksys, Warhols, Picassos, uncovered in Italy
Italian authorities say forgers tried to sell fake Picasso, Modiglianis and others with help of complicit auction houses.
Art network involving fake Banksy, Warhol and Picasso paintings uncovered in Italy
The operation uncovered a network of forgers in Spain, France and Belgium who produced the works, said Eurojust, the European Union agency for judicial cooperation.
European fake art network involving Banksys, Warhols, Modiglianis uncovered in Italy
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.
Fake Warhols and Banksys: Italian authorities break up massive art forgery network
Fake Banksy artworks that were sized by police are show in Rome in this handout image provided by the Italian Culture Ministry on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Italian Cul
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