Police arrest a 56-year-old man trying to sell a fake Vincent van Gogh painting

Copy of "The Harvest," by Vincent van Gogh.

THE HAGUE.- A 56-year-old man, has been arrested under suspicion of trying to sell, for 15 million euros, a fake Van Gogh painting, authorities have reported.

The man charged, who has been arrested for suspicion of fraud and whom was offering forged documents, has claimed he was attempting to sell a study for Van Gogh’s painting “The Harvest”. “The Harvest”, painted in 1888 and a masterpiece Van Gogh was reportedly very proud of, represents the view of wheatfields and farmers of Arles.

The police have reported that the suspect, whose identity has not been disclosed, had several interested buyers all around the world, since Van Gogh paintings are rare to come by and have astronomically high auction prices, the record being Portrait of Dr Gachet which sold for $148.9 million in 1990.

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