A plot spanning three countries to sell suspected forgeries of paintings by artists including Rembrandt , Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo for huge sums of money was busted, police said Friday.

The main suspect, a 77-year-old German man, allegedly attempted to sell 20 fake paintings, which also included purported works by Flemish old master Peter Paul Rubens, Spanish artist Joan Miro and Italian sculptor Amedeo Modigliani. Police in Bavaria said he was aided by 10 accomplices.

Investigators first became suspicious of the septuagenarian when he attempted to sell two supposedly original paintings by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso on the art market, CBS News partner BBC News reported . One of the artworks featured a portrait of Dora Maar, a French photographer, painter and poet wh

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