The auction was supposed to include works by Picasso, Renoir, and van Gogh, which had been stashed away carefully when the Japanese invaded in the Second World War and had now reappeared, plus works by various Indonesian artists. As some of the works alleged to have vanished are now in European and American museums it didn't take too long for people to realise there might be less to these works that met the eye. The auction has now been cancelled.

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