Six jailed in Spain for selling fakes of Goya and other artists online – Asia Newsday

Six people have been jailed in the eastern Spanish region of Valencia after police broke up a criminal gang that was using the internet to sell crudely forged paintings attributed to artists including Francisco de Goya , José Benlliure y Gil and Nicolà¡s Falcà³ . The investigation, carried out by officers from the historical heritage group of the Valencian police, began when doubts arose over the provenance of Falcà³'s The Adoration of the Three Wise Men, which had been bought for €18,000 (£15,000) and was being resold for €45,000. The painting - offered as a 16th-century original - turned out…