Charges of art forgery against German dealer Itzhak Zarug were dropped after experts declared £3bn ($ 4.3bn ) of works he'd collected were genuine. This article has been amended. Russian police jailed 73-year old Zarug after 15 works, mainly Israeli avant-garde – including paintings by Wassili Kandinsky and Wassili Kandinsky – in 2013 believing them to be fakes. Prosecutors called in 15 experts, most of whom said the paintings were genuine, backing the findings of forensic tests.
Charges of art forgery against German dealer Itzhak Zarug were dropped after experts declared £3bn ($ 4.3bn ) of works he'd collected were genuine. Russian police jailed 73-year old Zarug after 15 works, mainly Israeli avant-garde – including paintings by Wassili Kandinsky and Wassili Kandinsky – in 2013 believing them to be fakes. Prosecutors called in 15 experts, most of whom said the paintings were genuine, backing the findings of forensic tests.