Artist's warning about fakes goes unheeded at online auction

Artist's warning about fakes goes unheeded at online auction

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows one of the two pictures resembling drawings by artist Yoshitomo Nara that were sold for a total of about 700,000 yen on an online auction site in late October after a note to the seller from the artist that the works were bogus went unheeded. (Kyodo)

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