Two forged Pablo Picasso prints have been recovered after being sold at a Stuttgart auction house, with two others seized before d...

Two forged Pablo Picasso prints have been recovered after being sold at a Stuttgart auction house, with two others seized before delivery, the Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office (LKA) said last week. Authorities suspect an Italian national, believed to be a professional art restorer, of “marketing” expertly produced forgeries of works from Picasso’s Suite Vollard series—a collection of 100 etchings created in the 1930s—over several years. Investigators say the forgers used a complex forging method involving faked watermarks and scanned images of authentic works. The scans were then turned into printing matrices (moulds) and the paper was bathed in coffee or tea to make it look aged. Forged signatures were also added. https://lnkd.in/giyjR-p3