Police Raid: Fake Picasso, Rembrandt & Kahlo Paintings
A 77-year-old German man and his network were caught selling forged masterpieces by Picasso, Rembrandt, and Kahlo in a multi-million euro art forgery operation spanning Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
They thought they could outpaint Picasso.
In a quiet Bavarian town, police kicked in doors and found an empire of deceit — forgeries worth millions, painted to pass as Picassos, Rembrandts, and Kahlos. The operation stretched across Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, where a 77-year-old German man allegedly led a network of ten accomplices.
He had swagger. Tried selling two “original” Picassos, then a fake Rembrandt for 120 million Swiss francs. The original, of course, hangs safely in Amsterdam. His crew even forged expert certificates to give their counterfeits a heartbeat.
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At dawn, officers raided homes and studios, scooping up canvases, phones, hard drives — the residue of a criminal art world that thrives on the line between genius and imitation. Among the seized pieces: counterfeit works stamped with names like Kahlo, Rubens, Modigliani, and Miró, each tagged for up to €14 million.
Police say it’s one of the largest forgery cases in Europe this decade. Every brushstroke now sits under forensic lights, waiting to reveal the truth — pigment by pigment, lie by lie.
Art forgery, it seems, remains the oldest hustle in a market built on faith.
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