Traders fake paintings Chagall and Picasso will sit in jail
In France, had been convicted gang scam coming true about 100 fakes
French court gave a two-year prison artist forges paintings and Picasso. 61-year-old Guy Ribs (Guy Ribes) was a member of a criminal gang, in 1997-2005 sells about a hundred fakes. Fraudsters deceived victims, posing as the heirs of collectors. Prices for work sometimes reached 300 thousand euro.
However falsifier been convicted 11 of his associates. Ribs and the gang's ringleader, 55-year-old art dealer Robalya Pascal (Pascal Robaglia), will have to pay damages in the amount of 900 thousand euros (1.16 million dollars).
Ribs told the court that he was good at drawing since childhood and began to write a fake in 1975 - "for fun", but also because his own paintings are not sold. According to him, it was easier to make copies than trying to sell their work to those who do not understand. Criminal lawyer Antonin Levy (Antonin Levy) said that the court recognized the talent of his client and saw in him "an artist, not just forger».
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