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Following their recovery from behind a hidden cinderblock wall, the damaged Renoir paintings *Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano* and *Young Woman at the Well* now require significant restoration, a discovery that simultaneously led French police to prevent another imminent art theft.
TPG India head allowed to intervene in ₹17.9-cr fake art case
The court's approval permits Puneet Bhatia, initial complainant in the ₹17.9-crore fraud involving 11 purported works by prominent Indian modernists, to interject in the money-laundering investigation and present pertinent facts.
Centuripe Pyxis Returned to Sicily After Photo Find
The Allard Pierson museum voluntarily repatriated a third-century BCE Centuripe pyxis to Sicily, prompted by photographic evidence that contradicted its purported Swiss provenance and revealed its probable illicit excavation.
Israel Returns Stolen Artifacts to Greece
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Two Renoir paintings stolen in France have been recovered: they were hidden behind a false wall
The two Renoir paintings, illicitly removed from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, were ultimately retrieved from a suspect's home where they were concealed behind a false wall, necessitating immediate conservation due to physical damage.
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