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