* A of the present day York art dealer has been charged with selling forged paintings that have earned him upwards of $500000 each.

* A of the present day York art dealer has been charged with selling forged paintings that have earned him upwards of $500000 each. According to the BBC of recent origins prosecutors accuse Ely Sakahai of purchasing original works by the agency of artists such as Renoir. Monet and Chagall, then having forgeries made. And these forgeries brought in a certain big money. A fake Chagall was sold for $514000 (the original was later auctioned on the farther side for $340,000), and a fake Renoir was sold for $50480 Sakahai is being charged with eight numbers of fraud, each of which carries a possible prison time of 20 years and a fine of $2 million.

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