They find a fake Picasso in Romania as a result of advertising for a play

The Belgian theater company in Berlin did not expect this apparent publicity stunt to go this far, they were just trying to promote their play.

Six years ago in the Netherlands, the Kunsthall Museum in Rotterdam suffered the theft of several paintings by different artists (including Picasso, Gauguin, Matisse or Monet). Romanian authorities believed they had found one of them, but nothing could be further from the truth.

It was believed that the work of Pablo Picasso, harlequin head, she was found buried in a forest in Romania. The painting was found by Dutch writer Mira Feticu, who traveled to Romania after receiving an anonymous letter about the work's whereabouts, as reported by the Bucharest Prosecutor's Office. The writer herself admitted on Dutch television that she had been deceived.

«Of course, the work can become completely moldy and destroyed. But even in this case, there are many anomalies. The lines, the colors, the details don't match. Based on what I’ve seen, I think it’s false,” said Peter van Beveren, former curator of the Triton Collectionon Dutch TV NOS.

The authors of the joke, with the intention of publicizing their play authentic copy, took charge of sending the anonymous letters after having hidden the reproduction of the original. The play's writers apologized, stating that they did not intend to go that far.

Unfortunately, there are still no clues about the original paintings, except that the mother of the mastermind of the robbery said that she burned the stolen paintings in order to cover up the thieves, statements that she later denied, making the whereabouts of the paintings a great unknown.

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