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Museum Workers Replaced Priceless Artwork With Fakes And Sold Originals ?
Stealing art from a museum is far from a simple Crime. It takes people with a lot of brains and real deep guts to even think of pulling something like that off, and even then it’s difficult not to get caught. Such was this case off a bunch of workers at the Uzbek State Art Museum, who were found guilty of replacing artwork with fake versions and selling the original art ,

Museum Workers Replaced Priceless Artwork With Fakes And Sold Originals
The fakes weren’t that convincing according to the investigators, although the museum’s employees got away with their crime for 15 years ! WOW, they were caught after people began questioning the authenticity of some of the art work in the museum.

Museum Workers Replaced Priceless Artwork With Fakes And Sold Originals ?
Mirfayz Usmonov, is a chief curator of the museum, He received a nine year sentence, while two restorers were sentenced to 8 years each.They sold artwork by Russian and Soviet avant-garde artists and some by European artists , Also including Italian Renaissance artist Lorenzo di Credi. While criminals usually make millions selling art on the black market, the art pieces from the Uzbek State Art Museum were sold for between €80-650, which is only $100-810 in American SHHHHMONEY.

“These incredibly low prices at which the museum staff sold off the artworks demonstrates the desperation of those involved and exposes the problems facing the impoverished former Soviet satellite state,” Said by Art Net News.

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