Con artist tried to smuggle £400,000 Picasso sketch through Ibiza airport
Con artist tried to smuggle £400,000 Picasso sketch through Ibiza airport
Spanish customs busted the smuggler in Ibiza after a tip-off from their Swiss counterparts (Picture: EPA/Civil Guard)
A Pablo Picasso drawing worth almost £400,000 has been seized at a Spanish airport.
The passenger, a 64-year-old man from Mexico, tried to smuggle the 1996 sketch, identified as ‘Trois personnages’, claiming it was a fake but he was busted at customs in Ibiza.
Swiss officials…
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