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A museum worker at the Deutsches Museum in Munich was convicted of stealing valuable paintings and replacing them with fakes to sell the originals. The scam was discovered when an appraiser noticed a discrepancy in one of the paintings. The employee was sentenced to a commuted prison term and ordered to repay the money earned from selling the stolen artworks.
A worker at the Deutsches Museum in Munich stole four paintings from the collection, replaced them with forgeries, and sold the originals at auction to finance a luxurious lifestyle. The thief was sentenced to a commuted prison term of one year and nine months and ordered to repay the proceeds from the sale. The museum discovered the theft when an in-house appraiser noticed discrepancies in one of the paintings. The case bears similarities to a recent scandal at the British Museum involving a curator selling stolen items on eBay.