Two of the Spaniards tried to sell to a man pretending to be a Sheikh, a fake painting by Francisco Goya. However, the deceivers themselves were deceived: they got for fake Goya 1.7 million francs false

Spanish police have arrested two brothers from Girona, who tried to sell a fake painting by Francisco Goya man pretending to be a Sheikh. However, the deceivers themselves have been deceived: "Sheikh" paid them fake money. When the brothers tried to put 1.7 million Swiss francs on Deposit in the Geneva Bank, we were taken aback by the news that this is not true Franks, and simple paper photocopies. After that they arestovali@

But to accuse the brethren can only try to realize the fake money and the picture, but not in the manufacture of imitations. "Portrait of don Antonio Maria Esquivel" fell into their hands in 2003, they agreed to buy it for 270 thousand euros, believing it to be a genuine work of Goya. They paid the first instalment of 20 thousand euros, but the deal was suspended because of doubt about the attribution. In 2006, an expert on Goya hired by the court of Girona, found that picture is a fake, written, apparently, by a contemporary artist. The expert said that to expose the forgery he was helped by the lack of models special order of merit, which is clearly visible on his chest don Esquivel on his original portrait. The court of Girona in the end allow the brothers to leave the picture and not to pay the remaining 250 thousand Euro@

Knowing that they have a fake unfortunate Spaniards tried to resell. Here they are faced with a more talented musician than themselves. Man pretending to be a Sheikh, seemed to have agreed to pay for the picture 4 million euros. The first part of the money the brothers had to get in Turin through his intermediary. Having money on hand, they tested them using a hand held detector, however, the mediator had to replace the bag with the money before the brothers went to put money in a Swiss Bank. But what's worse, they paid the broker 300 thousand of these Euro for what he brought to "the Sheik". To do this they had to take out loans with a friend with the condition to return all the next day and to pay 80 thousand euros. In the end, the mediator and "Sheikh" disappeared with real money in an unknown direction, the brothers got caught with a bag of counterfeit money in Geneva, their friend, the lender is left with no money, and the ill-fated fake Goya after the arrest of the brothers seized by the police. Ready plot for a novel in the style of Ilf and Petrov@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru