Spanish police seized (November 2009), several dozen counterfeit works of the famous artist Salvador Dali, which were intended for sale in the southern Spanish town of Estepona.
Writes BBCrussian.com, among 80 paintings were confiscated and 12 originals, stolen, according to Interpol, from Belgium, France and the USA.
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In addition to paintings, the police found sculptures, lithographs, etchings, cutlery, decorative textiles, as well as fake certificates of authenticity 20 sculptures attributed to the Spanish artist.
For example, a fake statue of an elephant height of three meters intended for sale for $ 1.5 million
Given the evidence, arrested a French citizen who brought the forgeries for sale in Spain, but his name has not yet been disclosed.
The police officers became suspicious because, for sale by imported work, the Frenchman has not taken any safety measures.
Salvador Dali died in 1989, leaving a multimillion state the exact cost is difficult to determine, partly because of the existence of numerous forgeries.
In 1999, Spanish police found 10,000 fake Dali lithographs in the house of his assistant and former personal secretary.
Note also that Salvador Dali is one of five artists whose works are often kidnapped.
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