[MSN] Police seize suspected fake Goya painting

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Police seize suspected fake Goya painting

 Fri Dec 29, 8:09 AM ET
 


Spanish police have seized a painting they suspect was falsely attributed to
Goya before it was put up for auction, they said Thursday.

"Saints Adoring the Holy Sacrament" was seized Friday before it went under
the hammer in Madrid with a reserve price of 1.2 million euros ($1.6
million), a police statement said.

Agents acted to head off "a possible major fraud," police said, adding
experts doubted the painting was by Goya.

Francisco Goya, one of Spain's most renowned painters, who influenced much
modern painting, died in 1828. Much of his work is displayed in Madrid's
Prado museum. 

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