Fake Picassos: Mona admits Ladies Lounge paintings were forged by Kirsha Kaechele
by Kelly Burke from World news | The Guardian on (#6P3QB)
The paintings made global headlines after being moved to Mona's female toilets in protest against a court ruling. But they were never real to begin with
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Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) made international news last month when it moved paintings by Pablo Picasso to a female toilet cubicle.
But on Wednesday, after multiple queries from Guardian Australia, Mona has come clean: the Picassos are fake.
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