Fake sheikhs, money and Goyas

February 23 2015

Picture: Independent

The Independent has an extraordinary story of two brothers who bought a dud Goya (above) for a fortune, and then tried to sell it for even more, but were arrested when police found their stash of fake Swis francs. A candidate for the most inept piece of art dealing ever.

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