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Episode 12 March 2024

A huge collection of the Russian and Ukrainian art was put on sale in Europe. Paintings were sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds and made their way into European and American museums.\n\nIt was said to include over 200 oil paintings of some of the most treasured Russian and Ukrainian constructivist artists, such El Lissitzky, Exter, Goncharova, Popova and others, putting it among the largest in the world.\n\nBut are the paintings fake or real, and is the story of their provenance true or made up?\n\nAnd who is the mysterious Russian-Israeli dealer behind this collection?\n\nThe BBC followed art detectives, forensic experts, leading curators and historians, and a Swiss family who were told their priceless works were worthless.\n

Source: BBC 4