 When Baroda was integrated into the newly independent India, Indian officials were eventually able to recover some of the items, but some of the jewels had been transferred to the Maharani's ownership.In 1965, she purchased a painting in Paris from Daniel Wildenstein, believing it to be "La Poésie" by François Boucher.When it was discovered to be a fake, she sued Wildenstein in an English court despite both her and him residing in France.