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An empty space at Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum following the "theft of the century"
An empty space at Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum following the "theft of the century"
Writer Mira Feticu, who wrote a novel based on the heist, claims she was sent an anonymous letter ten days ago with instructions telling her where to find Picasso's "Tête d'Arlequin" estimated to be worth €800,000 ($913,000), in a forest in eastern Romania. She uncovered the 'painting' buried and wrapped in plastic and then informed the authorities of her amazing find.
However, it now emerges that Feticu was the victim of a hoax perpetrated by two Belgian directors based in Antwerp. They came clean about their nefarious hoax after all of the international media coverage it received.
Feticu received an email from the pair explaining that it was part of their project called "True Copy" which is dedicated to infamous Dutch forger Geert Jan Jansen.
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