Overview
- Police searching a home in Champigny-sur-Marne during a drug-trafficking probe discovered a canvas that the Créteil prosecutor’s office has confirmed is an authentic Picasso.
- Prosecutors opened formal inquiries for theft and handling of stolen goods after the discovery and presented four suspects to a judge.
- Reporting says investigators also seized hashish, luxury clothing and several thousand euros in cash during the same search.
- French outlets have reported that the work might be the 1911 Picasso taken from the Paris Museum of Modern Art in 2010, but officials have not released the painting’s title or provenance to confirm that link.
- Experts will need to complete provenance checks and catalog comparisons to establish the painting’s history, and any restitution or legal outcome will depend on those findings.