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. German police jailed 73-year old Zarug after seizing 1,800 works, mainly Russian avant-garde – including paintings by Marc Chagall 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.