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A work thought to be by Dutch artist Frans Hals that sold for a reported £8.5m ($10.8m) has been declared fake.

Sotheby's said it had "rescinded the sale and reimbursed the client in full" after tests revealed the painting, An Unknown Man, was "undoubtedly" forged.

The investigation followed reports that a sophisticated forger is at large.

The forger is also believed responsible for a painting attributed to Italian master Orazio Gentileschi that was loaned to the National Gallery.

The painting, David Contemplating the Head of Goliath, was loaned to the gallery by its current owner in 2013 and was on display until March this year. It has since been returned.

The National Gallery said it "undertakes due diligence research on a work coming on loan as well as a condition check", and that these were carried out on the painting.

"In the time the painting was at the National Gallery we had no obvious reasons to doubt that David with the Head of Goliath was a work by Gentileschi."

'Modern materials'

Another disputed work, attributed to Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, was seized by authorities in France in March after doubts were raised about its authenticity.

The work had been loaned to an exhibition in Aix-en-Provence by Hans-Adam II, the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein.

According to The Art Newspaper, the work came on to the market in 2012 and was sold "in good faith" to the prince in 2013.

Analysis by BBC arts editor Will Gompertz

Page one of any decent guide to the business of acquiring artworks should spell out in bold letters, BUYER BEWARE.

Unless you have bought the painting or sculpture directly from the studio of a living artist, you are running the risk of buying a fake.

On the plus side, science is increasingly playing a part in authenticating artworks - but then a top notch forger tends to find ways to stay ahead of the game.

Provenance is all. If you want to reduce the odds of purchasing a fake, then you need the paperwork that details all past owners and what they have done to conserve the piece.

The more gaps in an artwork's "backstory", the greater the opportunity for Mr Dodgy to get to work. In the parlance of the motor trade, you really need to see a full service history.

Fakes are far more common than many in the art world would admit in public. Uncertainty is rarely good for business. But then just look at the success of shows like Fake or Fortune, which appear to have an endless supply of tales to tell.

Sotheby's said that "with the agreement of the seller" of the work thought to have been by Hals, which was sold in 2011, it had "informed the buyer of a possible issue with the authenticity of the painting".

It subjected the Hals painting to "an in-depth technical analysis" after links emerged between it and the Cranach.

Sotheby's said the tests "showed the presence of modern materials used in the painting in a way that meant it could not have been painted in the 17th Century".

'Best faker of all time'

Speaking on Radio 4's World at One, art historian Bendor Grosvenor called the case "extraordinary".

"What is amazing about [the painting] is the quality and the fact that it's not a copy," he said.

"Whoever has subsumed the aura of Hals when he painted this also came up with a totally fresh composition.

"If these [paintings] are fake, and I believe they are very likely to be, we are dealing with the best faker of all time."
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A work thought to be by Dutch artist Frans Hals that sold for a reported £8.5m ($10.8m) has been declared fake. Sotheby's said it had "rescinded the sale and reimbursed the client in full" after tests revealed the painting, An Unknown Man, was "undoubtedly" forged.

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Andile Tshuma, Court Reporter
THREE police officers have been arrested for extortion after they allegedly demanded a $200 bribe from a Bulawayo man.

An EcoCash money transfer confirmation for part of the funds sent to one of them was yesterday produced in court as proof.

Pedzisai Mugombwi (30) who is stationed at Magwegwe police station, Tanatswa Mortion Prince Jabangwe (25) and Jotham Wangani (28) who are both stationed at Nkulumane police station, appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Mr Stephen Ndhlovu facing extortion charges.
Jabangwe, who resides in Southwold suburb and Mugombwi and Wangani, who both live in Tshabalala suburb, were remanded to October 14 for continuation of trial after they had pleaded not guilty.

Prosecuting, Mr Busani Moyo said the three approached Mr Brian Shiridzinonwa at his home in Cowdray Park suburb and introduced themselves as Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers from Bulawayo Central.

"On June 2, 2016, at around 5PM, the accused persons approached the complainant at his place of residence and told him they were CID officers from Bulawayo Central. They told him that he was under arrest for producing fake Ordinary level certificates," said Mr Moyo.

He said the police officers allegedly searched Mr Shiridzinonwa's computer for the said fake certificates, but did not find the documents.

"They took the complainant's computer with them and advised him that they wanted to continue searching. They then loaded the computer into their car," Mr Moyo said.

He said Mr Shiridzinonwa refused to hand over the Central Processing Unit saying he had some work to do. The cops then allegedly demanded $200 for his freedom and for them to give him back his CPU.

Mr Shiridzinonwa was allegedly arrested after he told the cops that he only had $5 on him.

He then started phoning his friends looking for money and was allegedly given $50 by a friend, Lovemore Ruwocha. Mr Shiridzinonwa allegedly handed over the money to the cops, who however, demanded more.

"He received another $50 via EcoCash from his girlfriend, and he sent it to accused person's 2 (Jabangwe) Ecocash wallet," said Mr Moyo.

An ecocash print-out showing that $50 was transferred to Jabangwe's account was produced in court.

The trio, who were driving around with Mr Shirodzinonwa, allegedly handed him back his computer but confiscated a card reader, stapler and a pair of scissors.

On June 6, Mr Shiridzinonwa went to Bulawayo Central CID offices to get his property only to be told that the three did not work there.

He then phoned Jabangwe demanding his money but he denied knowing the complainant.

"It is the state's case that the accused persons acted in common purpose and their conduct was unlawful," said Moyo.

Mugombwi was represented by Mr Kholwani Nyathi of TJ Mabhikwa and Partners legal practitioners.

In his defence, through his lawyer, Mugombwi said he did not participate in extorting the complainant as he remained in the car while the other two went to see Mr Shiridzinonwa.

"My client never obtained any money from Shiridzinonwa, neither did he exert any illegitimate pressure on him with the purpose of extracting an advantage for themselves or for some other persons as alleged by the state," said Mr Nyathi.

"In fact, on the day in question, my client was requested by Jabangwe to accompany him to Cowdray Park where he wanted to collect some money from someone in Cowdray Park. My client never introduced himself as a member of CID Bulawayo central and neither did he tell the complainant that he was under arrest. He also denies ever searching the accused person's computer."

Wangani and Jabangwe did not have any legal representation, but they denied the allegations.

Wangani also said he was asked by Jabangwe to accompany him to Cowdray Park to collect his money from someone. He also said he remained in the car with Mugombwi as the latter went to meet the person whom he had said owed him some money.

"I only got out of the car to ask for the use of a toilet. I deny receiving any money or exerting any pressure on the complainant," he said.

Jabangwe told the court that he did not solicit a bribe but Mr Shiridzinonwa owed him $100 he had failed to pay since January.

But Mr Shiridzinonwa insisted the cops extracted money from him.

"They flashed their police identity cards. Accused 1 and 2 introduced accused 3 as their workmate from CID Bulawayo Central. Accused 1 and 3 remained outside while I went in with accused 2," he said adding that they had all introduced themselves as CID officers from Bulawayo Central. -

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Andile Tshuma, Court Reporter THREE police officers have been arrested for extortion after they allegedly demanded a $200 bribe from a Bulawayo man. An EcoCash money transfer confirmation for part of the funds sent to one of them was yesterday produced in court as proof.

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A man sought in the armed robbery of a local restaurant has been apprehended in Colorado, according to Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell.

Ravenell said Bernard Hill, 51, was taken into custody in Colorado Springs on Thursday around 6:30 p.m. by U.S. Marshals serving an OCSO warrant.

"Again, I have to state that no matter how far you run, we'll be right behind you," the sheriff said. "No distance is too far for justice."

Hill, who faces charges of armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a crime, is accused of the Sunday, Oct. 2 armed robbery of the Orangeburg IHOP.

Employees of the North Road restaurant said that Hill entered the business around 10:30 p.m. and spoke with them for a few minutes before entering an office area where he took cash from a manager at gunpoint, according to a sheriff's office incident report.

Employees said the gunman and former employee then got into a green vehicle being driven by 20-year-old Riheam Calloway Jr. Calloway was an employee of the restaurant at the time

Calloway was taken into custody that night after being spotted by OCSO deputies not far from the restaurant. He was also charged with armed robbery.

No one was physically injured in the robbery.

OCSO investigators will begin the process of bringing Hill back to the Palmetto State to face his charges.

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A man sought in the armed robbery of a local restaurant has been apprehended in Colorado, according to Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell. Ravenell said Bernard Hill, 51, was taken into custody in Colorado Springs on Thursday around 6:30 p.m. by U.S. Marshals serving an OCSO warrant.

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Suspect In OKC Storm Shelter Scam Charged With Embezzlement

Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016 7:52 PM EDT Updated: Thursday, October 6, 2016 10:22 PM EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY -

An Oklahoma City eye doctor has been scammed out of thousands of dollars. The doctor says he was promised a storm shelter by a man he trusted.

Taylor Wheeler turned himself into the Oklahoma County Jail early Thursday morning and bonded out in a matter of hours. But News 9 caught up with him as he made his first appearance in court.

He and his attorney refused to answer any questions, but they will have to answer to a court of law after the Oklahoma Attorney General's office filed a felony embezzlement case against Wheeler.

Court documents state Wheeler told a local eye doctor, Dr. Kong Chang, he would build him a storm shelter inside his home.

Court papers state Wheeler claimed to have a "great relationship" with the manufacturer of the safe room which in this case was F5 Storm Shelters.

F5 Storm Shelters checked its records and found no information of any relationship with Wheeler or his alleged company.

"So I think he either drove by our location or found us on the internet. And used us and we have a trustworthy name and so he played off that," said Ryan Ford with F5 Storm Shelters.

Ford said the best thing you can do is contact them directly and even come to their store.

"We are never going to use a third party affiliate and ask for thousands of dollars up front," said Ford.

Dr. Chang said several people called him and told him Wheeler did the same thing to them. The AG's office is investigating.

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Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016 7:52 PM EDT Updated: Thursday, October 6, 2016 10:22 PM EDT OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma City eye doctor has been scammed out of thousands of dollars. The doctor says he was promised a storm shelter by a man he trusted.

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The baby daddy drama continues for Jenelle Evans! After the Teen Mom 2 star's boyfriend David Eason was sentenced to 60 days in prison for violating a domestic violence protective order, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal the family's legal troubles are far from over!
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Court papers obtained from the New Hanover County Clerk of Court reveal Eason's sister, Jessica Lenn Miller, was arrested for attempted larceny on August 29th, 2016.

Miller, who was not booked by police and instead was issued a citation, stole from a Belk department store.

"[Miller] did take a pair of woman's shoes, grey and black in color, with a retail value of $50.00," the citation read.
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David's sister is due in court on Thursday, October 27. If she misses her court hearing, a warrant will be issued for her arrest.

Eason was in court himself on September 13th to be sentenced for violating a domestic violence protective order filed against him by an ex-girlfriend.

Evans' soon-to-be baby daddy hugged his son, who is also protected by the order, after running into him at a grocery store.
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Although Eason pled not guilty to the crime, a judge found him guilty and sentenced him to six months in prison.

Eason is currently appealing the verdict to the Superior Court. A court date has not been set yet.

The protective order was granted when Eason became violent with his baby mama on April 19, 2014.
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"The Defendant did assault [redacted], a female person, by grabbing the victim around the throat and saying to the victim, 'I will kill you b****, '" documents obtained from the New Hanover Clerk of Court's Office read.
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KAYSVILLE - The social media-fueled creepy clown mania amped up in Utah schools Wednesday and Thursday, with one teen arrested for clown-related threats, clown graffiti at a junior high school and a fistfight involving teens wearing clown masks at a school football game.

In West Haven, a 14-year-old boy was arrested Thursday for allegedly making clown-related threats to fellow classmates at Rocky Mountain Junior High School.

"The student thought it would be funny to capitalize on the recent attention that clown threats have received in the media," said Weber County Sheriff's Lt. Nate Hutchinson. "The student created a fake social media Instagram account using an alias of a clown. He then sent several private messages to his fellow students or his friends threatening to shoot and/or stab them."

The boy was arrested for investigation of four counts of making a threat of violence. He was released after his arrest. The boy was also expelled from school, according to Hutchinson.

"The Weber County Sheriff's Office takes all threats seriously, whether they are meant as a joke or to incite fear," he said. "They will be investigated thoroughly and anyone involved will be prosecuted."

The threats weren't credible and were intended as "simply a joke," but the behavior is unacceptable, Hutchinson said.

Clown fight

The alleged threats came on the heels of a clown-related incident at Jordan High School in Sandy Wednesday night. Sandy Police Lt. Ronni Stevenson confirmed that two 14-year-old boys came to the high school's powder puff football game wearing clown masks, resulting in a physical confrontation with at least two other people.

"They showed up not necessarily dressed as clowns but wearing clown masks because they thought it would be funny, and found out it's not funny, and some people took offense," Stevenson said. "A fight broke out when the kids were trying to leave and take the masks off and say it was no big deal."

The identities and ages of the assailants have not been determined, Stevenson said. The fight is under investigation.

Jeff Haney, Canyons School District spokesman, said the two boys drew attention when they stood at the edge of the activities. Those who assaulted them reportedly told the two boys they were scaring people, he said.

The individual who started the fight is not believed to be a Jordan High student, according to Haney, who called the fight a "dust-up" and no one was seriously injured. Stevenson confirmed that one of the 14-year-olds went to a hospital to be checked out.

"I don't even understand this whole clown thing," Stevenson added.

Clown vandalism

Chris Williams said he and other Davis School District officials had the same reaction when they discovered clown-related graffiti at a Kaysville school Thursday morning: "You've got to be kidding me."

The graffiti was discovered at Fairfield Junior High School, 951 N. Fairfield St., and appears to be related to the creepy clown anomaly that is disrupting schools around the country.

"We see this as just plain vandalism," said Williams, the district's community relations director.

Messages spray painted outside three doors to the school included, "I'm the real clown," "Fake clowns die" and "I will kill," along with a lot of "ha ha" tags.

Williams said police are investigating the vandalism and he believes it will only take a few days to identify the clown or clowns responsible because "kids love to talk."

"Whoever did it is going to be held responsible and is going to pay for the cost of cleanup, it's just as simple as that," he said.

Kaysville Police Lt. Paul Thompson said police are looking for surveillance footage that may identify anyone involved with the graffiti at Fairfield Junior High. A clown-related Instagram post connected to the school was also reported earlier in the week, but police have not determined who was responsible.

In the meantime, extra police patrols have been assigned to the school in hopes of easing concerns from students and parents.

The three incidents are the latest in a series of episodes in Utah schools following a social media phenomenon of people posting photos and videos - some threatening - claiming to be connected to frightening clowns and clown sightings. Reported clown sightings have occurred in Utah this week in Orem, Provo, Roy, Ogden, Kaysville, Lehi, Murray, Tooele and West Point.

While Fairfield's schedule was not interrupted by the vandalism, an estimated 60 students out of the 1,060-person student body were checked out of school Thursday, Williams said. In other cases, parents came to the school to talk to their frightened children.

"They want to be at school," Williams said. "We're trying to keep this as low-key as possible."

The students who left school are responsible to make up any missed work for the day, he noted.

Williams said he was reminding people Thursday of the unnecessary panic that spread following Orson Wells' "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, which detailed the fictional arrival of hostile aliens from Mars.

"There has been no credibility to any of the rumors that are going on in this state, in many states, and that's the downfall of social media. We have to train ourselves and our children about what's a legitimate information source," Williams said.

Thompson called the national trend the result of fear and misinformation.

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A Milwaukee man is under investigation for allegedly making Molotov cocktails that were used to burn down several buildings during rioting in the Sherman Park area, according to a federal search warrant.

A 30-year-old man is suspected of making several of the homemade bombs in the hours after Sylville Smith, 23, was fatally shot by a Milwaukee police officer on Aug. 13, according to the warrant, obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The shooting of Smith remains under investigation and officials have not said when video from the body cameras of the officers on the scene will be released. Officials have said Smith was armed. A memorial erected near where Smith was shot became a flashpoint in the weeks after his death, with police arresting people on several nights. The city recently removed the memorial at the request of residents.

In August, eight businesses were burned near Sherman Park and in a second area around the District 7 police station, at W. Fond du Lac Ave. near N. 35th St., with damage estimated at $5.8 million. Several of the businesses were looted before the fires were started.

At least four people have been charged in the looting of the buildings, but the search warrant is the first glimpse into the case being assembled against those suspected in the arsons.

The Journal Sentinel is not naming the man suspected of making the bombs because he has not been charged in the case. The investigation is ongoing.

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According to the search warrant, filed by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives:

At the fire scenes, investigators found evidence that Molotov cocktails - generally glass jars that contain flammable liquid, usually gas, with a wick at the top - were used to burn the buildings.

In September, police and the ATF independently received information from two tipsters identifying a man they said made bombs used the night of the rioting.

The tipsters also both said the man and "his people" were upset about the arrests in mid-September near the memorial, which was at N. 44th St. and W. Auer Ave., but it was unclear if the man was planning to do anything in response to those arrests.

They said the man, who is a convicted felon, is also always armed with a gun and sells heroin.

Late last month, police and the ATF searched the man's home, which is about 4 miles east of the Sherman Park neighborhood.

According to the search warrant return form listing what was seized, agents recovered a .40-caliber handgun, ammunition and a digital scale, but there were no items listed that suggested bomb-making.

The ATF is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people responsible for the arson. Anyone having information about the fires is asked to call 888-ATF-FIRE (888-283-3473). Callers may remain anonymous.

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A Milwaukee man is under investigation for allegedly making Molotov cocktails that were used to burn down several buildings during rioting in the Sherman Park area, according to a federal search warrant. A 30-year-old man is suspected of making several of the homemade bombs in the hours after Sylville Smith, 23, was fatally shot by a Milwaukee police officer on Aug.