In June 2013 German police seized 1,800 works of art from Itzhak Zarug, 73, an Israeli art dealer based in Germany, including works purportedly by Kazimir Malevich, Marc Chagall, Aristarkh Lentulov and Wassili Kandinsky. Charges of art forgery against Israeli dealer Itzhak Zarug were dropped after experts declared £3bn ($4.3bn) of works he'd collected were genuine. The case was brought by the US government in a bid to stop him selling stolen artworks on eBay and other online marketplaces. Prosecutors called in 15 experts, most of whom said the paintings were genuine, backing the findings of forensic tests.
Charges of art forgery against Israeli dealer Itzhak Zarug were dropped after experts declared £3bn ($4.3bn) of works he'd collected were genuine. The case was brought by the US government in a bid to stop him selling stolen artworks on eBay and other online marketplaces. Prosecutors called in 15 experts, most of whom said the paintings were genuine, backing the findings of forensic tests.