Masterpieces of Picasso and Matisse were in a garbage
The French authorities have made progress in uncovering the crimes that took place in May last year. Then, from the Paris Museum of Modern Art were abducted five masterpieces, worth 100 million euros. Among them - "Dove with Green Peas" by Pablo Picasso, "Pastorale" by Henri Matisse, "Oliva near Estaka" by Georges Braque, "Woman with a Fan" Modigliani and "Still Life with a candlestick," Fernand Leger. It is likely that the unique product may already be destroyed.
According to the newspaper "Izvestia", with reference to overseas edition of the "Journal du Dimanche," customer theft was made by the Parisian art dealer, whose name was not disclosed in the interests of the investigation. He wanted to get a picture of only one of the great masters - Fernand Leger. However, the singer decided to bring the museum out of four liked it works. Antiquarian gave the stolen paintings in storage watchmaker friend, is frequently invited to an auction expert. The latter tried to sell pictures of the representative of Israel, but the deal fell through. When he learned that stealing thief in the hands of the police, the watchmaker nervous and decided to get rid of evidence. He cut the cloth into small pieces and threw them in the trash.
This is the version of the incident provided by the arrested perpetrator of Serbian origin. However, police did not rule out the falsity of the information they sounded. It is possible that the purpose of the story - take a result from the true location of the missing works of art.
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