Court meeting room

Lin Yu and Hu Liting were sitting together, opposite were five Christie lawyers, and on the left was a female judge named Malasia.

Malasia said: "Now both parties submit evidence."

"Plaintiff submitted evidence."

A lawyer took out his mobile phone, stood up and said: "Your Honor, this is a video. It is a video of Mr. Lin's painting. He created a fake Picasso painting, causing the client to suffer losses."

"This is the painting that Mr. Lin gave to our auction house. It is exactly the same as the one in the video."

"This is the contract signed by Mr. Lin. Every painting has a contract."

"There are several of them with Picasso's name on them."

Malacia looked at the evidence provided by the plaintiff.

Malasia took a closer look and looked at Hu Liting: "The defendant's evidence."

Hu Liting immediately took it out: "This is the information on my client's purchase of the Picasso painting. It includes a photo with the owner of the painting and the transfer record for purchasing the painting."

"This is a Picasso painting that Christie's auction house has ever auctioned. Three of them were auctioned at Christie's, and two were auctioned at two other auction companies."

"This is the purchase information, and this is the transfer record."

"This is the identification certificate provided by the auction company, proving that all Picasso paintings are authentic."

"This is the picture of the painting my client gave to Christie's. This is the picture of Picasso's painting that was auctioned by Christie's auction company."

Lawyer Christie was stunned.

This lawyer is so well prepared.

Malacia glanced at the information and then handed the evidence to the defendant's lawyer.

Christie's lawyer looked at the information.

The information is very detailed.

Three of the Picasso paintings were previously auctioned by Christie's Auction Company, and Lin Yu purchased the paintings from them. There are transfer records and group photos.

They originally wanted to sue Lin Yu for creating fake paintings.

Unexpectedly, these paintings turned out to be paintings that the company had auctioned before.

So what does this mean?

It shows that these are all authentic works by Picasso!

The crime of fraud is not established at all.

A lawyer asked: "Mr. Lin, why did you buy Picasso's painting?"

Hu Liting said: "My client is a painter. He appreciates Picasso's paintings very much. As an admirer of Picasso, there is nothing wrong with purchasing his painting collection."

"Then why do you want to sell it now!"

"Is it easier to forge a painting because you bought it?"

Hu Liting argued: "It is not illegal to buy or sell Picasso's paintings. The parties concerned are collecting them and it is also an investment."

Plaintiff's lawyer: "Among the hundred paintings, there are eight paintings with Picasso's name on them. Are these paintings painted by you, or are they paintings that you imitated based on Picasso's style?"

Lin Yu said: "I spent a lot of money to buy them all."

"Why do you want to buy?"

Lin Yu asked: "Why do you want to eat?"

Damn it...

My purchase of Picasso’s paintings has nothing to do with you!

Lawyer:(⊙o⊙)…

The lawyer said seriously: "Please answer my question."

Hu Liting said: "We have already discussed this issue just now. Mr. Lin buys paintings, firstly for collection, and secondly for investment."

The lawyer asked, "Did you buy these eight paintings?"

"Yes."

"Where are the other 92 pictures!"

Hu Liting said: "That was painted by my client."

Lawyer: "That means you forged Picasso's paintings."

Hu Liting said: "Mr. Lin did not leave Picasso's name on any of the paintings. As a painter, Mr. Lin painted some paintings and gave them to Christie Auction Company for auction, and that's it."

Hu Liting continued: "And I have evidence that can prove that my client informed the other party of these paintings when he signed a contract with Christie's Auction House."

"This is a recording of my client, Mr. Lin, handing the painting to Wyatt, general manager of Christie's Longguo branch."

"You can listen to the recording."

Hu Liting came up with new evidence, which was a recording.

Recording starts...

"Hello, I am Wyatt, general manager of Christie's BJ branch."

"Hello."

"We have authenticated the painting you just sent over. It is an authentic work. If you have no requirements, we can sign a contract."

"I have a request."

"What's the request?"

"I still have many authentic paintings, will you accept them all?"

"How many?"

"One hundred pictures."

"Do you really have a hundred paintings?"

"Yes."

"Where did you come from?"

"They were all painted by me, eight of them were not painted by me."

Recording ends...

The lawyer frowned, and there was a recording. From the recording, he learned that Lin Yu had long admitted that he had painted these paintings, and that the other party was also the general manager of Christie's Auction House.

I used to be proactive, but now I am passive.

There are two important conditions for the crime of fraud:

First: Write Picasso’s name on the painting.

Second: Sell it at a high price.

Only if two conditions are met can it be classified as a crime of fraud.

Now that the first condition is not met, it is an authentic work by Picasso, so there is no such thing as forging Picasso's signature on the fake painting. After all, it is his own signature, and the other 92 paintings have no names.

It’s not enough to be considered a fraud.

The only way now is to authenticate eight Picasso paintings.

Is it an authentic work by Picasso?

But here comes the problem.

Even if it is identified as a fake painting, it cannot be determined that it was painted by Lin Yu. He purchased these eight paintings, and there are transfer records, group photos, and even contracts. How can we determine that he created fake paintings?

There is a serious problem.

Your company sells other people’s paintings as Picasso paintings?

The clown is myself?

At this time, all five lawyers realized this problem.

The other party has clearly informed that this is his own painting.

And what about Christie!

But it was auctioned as a Picasso painting.

And shamelessly sue the other party.

It's not just them who realize it.

Even Malasia is aware of this problem.

Malacia did not show it, but asked: "The evidence now shows that Mr. Lin did not create fake paintings, and all eight of them were purchased from others. If there is no evidence, I do not recommend a trial."<

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To be continued...