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Prison sentences in Helsinki gallery forgery case

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Prison sentences in Helsinki gallery forgery case
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A Helsinki gallery owner and her partner received prison terms of four and five years in a case involving counterfeit works sold under names including Helene Schjerfbeck, Fernand Léger and Ilya Repin.

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Art forgeryFernand Léger

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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