Italian Police Uncover Art Forgery Workshop Producing Fake Picassos and Rembrandts

Authorities seized 71 counterfeit paintings and materials used to create fraudulent artworks in a raid near Rome.

The Carabinieri art crime squad discovered a workshop in northern Rome producing forged paintings attributed to artists like Picasso, Rembrandt, and Warhol.
A total of 71 counterfeit artworks were seized, along with materials such as paint, brushes, falsified gallery stamps, and forged certificates of authenticity.
The suspect allegedly sold hundreds of fake paintings online through platforms like eBay and Catawiki, targeting collectors worldwide.
Evidence suggests the forger altered auction catalogues to make the fake paintings appear as though they were legitimate works of art.
Authorities have not yet named the suspect or made any arrests, and the scale of the forgery operation's profits remains unclear.