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fig article from the category of "directory fakes"

I found it interesting article contained in the scheme of the discharge "carefully concealed":

In the "Izvestia" asked the director of the Theater an old romance Nikolay Semenov .

- I had a genuine work of Karl Briullov "Turk", - tells his story Nikolai Semenov. - As we know, Bryullov were several variants of the Turk. One of them hangs in the Tretyakov Gallery. Painting I inherited from my father, and he bought it in Leningrad in 1945 to a collector. When six years ago we moved to Moscow, the Tretyakov Gallery has asked for my picture exhibition. Well-known expert on Briullov expert Alexei Kovalev gave the opinion on the authenticity of the painting. After that I began to insistently call the owners of antique shops with a request to sell the masterpiece. In 2006, I brought the "Turk" in the Salon "La Boheme". Owner Alexander Hachinsky now estimated at 7.5 million rubles, and promised to pay within three days. But, after I received the picture, started hiding from me. Six months later, said that the picture is a fake. This conclusion allegedly made by experts of the Russian Museum. I believe that he took a picture in St. Petersburg, to make a copy of it. A script to assign. I had no choice but to go to the police.

The owner of gallery "La Boheme" has its own version of history with a picture Briullov.

- Indeed the Russian Museum experts have reviewed the pictures, despite the fact that Semenov had a few conclusions about the authenticity, including the center Grabar - says "Izvestia" Alexander Hachinsky. - But today, such opinions can be bought in any expert center. Competence Center of the Russian Museum is not sullied by scandal. So I go there and turned. The experts found that the picture actually written during the life Bryullov, but not Bryullov. Perhaps it copied the student's art school. Since Semenov declined to pick up your copy, Salon sold it at auction for 80 thousand rubles as a copy.

The total amount spent on expenses for examination and for storing pictures. In the criminal case against the owner of the salon "La Boheme" was denied. The investigation did not reveal the fraud. Senior Investigator Irina Dotsenko, performing the inspection, referred to more employment and the official declined comment. As we have seen a hundred and eighty cases of criminal cases on fraud in the field of antiques is not excited. First of all, because of discrepancies in the conclusions of experts.