A Spanish Collector Has Been Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Attempting to Sell Forgeries of Works by Munch, Lichtenstein, and Others

A Spanish art collector has been sentenced to four years in prison by a court in Madrid for forging and attempting to sell 15 artworks, including a copy of the diptych Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein, a lithograph falsely attributed to Edvard Munch, and seven works by the sculptor and engraver Eduardo Chillida. The events of the trial were reported in the Guardian.