VIENNA Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:24am EDT
VIENNA (Reuters) - Art lovers who suspect they might have bought forged Pablo Picasso paintings should contact the Austrian police, who are looking for victims of a Serbian art fraud gang.
The group operated out of a Viennese cafe, offering clients several fake Picassos, along with forged certificates of authenticity, police in the Austrian capital said on Tuesday.
They demanded 300,000 euros ($388,410) for one work.
The gang was arrested earlier this year, the police statement said, but it was not immediately clear how many people might have fallen for the counterfeits.
($1 = 0.7725 euro)
(Reporting By Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Crispian Balmer)
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Art lovers who suspect they might have bought forged Pablo Picasso paintings should contact the Austrian police, who are looking for victims of a Serbian art fraud gang.
The group operated out of a Viennese cafe, offering clients several fake Picassos, along with forged certificates of authenticity, police in the Austrian capital said on Tuesday.
They demanded 300,000 euros ($388,410) for one work.
The gang was arrested earlier this year, the police statement said, but it was not immediately clear how many people might have fallen for the counterfeits.
($1 = 0.7725 euro)
(Reporting By Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Crispian Balmer)
View the original article here
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