After the disclosure of his fake paintings, the French artistic business mosque handed over Juliano Rovini the same Friday to the Italian police, according to what his lawyer announced, knowing that he is required from the French judiciary to lead him over decades. Artists.
Juliano Rovini, 77, is also accused of deceiving museums, auctions and individuals by selling paintings presented as works by great artists, but it turned out to be fake.
His lawyer Paul Levver said in a statement that Rovini handed himself to the police in the city of Castilinovo Ni Monte in the Region Emilia region in central Italy.
According to the Italian media, the authorities arrested Rovini, residing in a neighboring area.
Rovini’s arrest came after a judicial marathon that lasted for many years in order to hand him over to France, after an investigation was opened in 2014, and after a European arrest warrant issued against him five years ago.
A court in Milan gave her approval two years ago to hand over Rovini to France to confront fraud and forgery, but his transfer to a French court remained suspended until the completion of parallel legal procedures in Italy on charges of tax evasion.
Last May, Rovini was acquitted in a trial against the background of tax evasion.
Rovini has become famous in the art world for selling dozens of paintings since the 1990s, including works attributed to great artists in the history of drawing between them, El Greco, to prestigious European museums, including the Louvre in Paris, often through intermediaries.
But his fake products also attracted wealthy buyers, such as Amir Liechtenstein, who obtained a fake version of the largest work of Lucas Crangach, which represents Venus for seven million euros ($ 7. 24 million)..
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