A 600 euro painting that was “made up” to be auctioned for 72,000. The fraud in question took place on November 21 at the Viennese auction house Deutsch Auctioneers.
It was enough to carry out a series of destructions that gave the fabric an aged appearance that convinced the buyer who bid for it. Scammers benefit from a market with “a lot of money and little judgment,” says the author of the article about the fraud.