Greek Art Dealer Giorgos Tsagarakis Bailed Amidst Widening Antiquities and Forgery Case

Greek Art Dealer Bailed as Antiquities and Forgery Case Widens

Prominent Athens gallery owner Giorgos Tsagarakis has been released on a €50,000 bond after denying a series of felony charges involving the trafficking of looted antiquities and the industrial-scale distribution of forged paintings. The 51-year-old art dealer, a well-known appraiser on the Greek television program "Cash or Trash," faces five distinct felony counts, including embezzlement of ancient monuments and grand fraud. Following a marathon testimony, an examining magistrate imposed st...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA