Stolen Picasso painting 'The Naked Woman' found in Iraq
A Picasso painting stolen from Kuwait during Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion has been discovered in southern Iraq.
Iraqi police arrested a man who was planning to sell "The Naked Woman" during a raid on his house in southern Iraq, officials said on Wednesday.
The painting was apparently among the artwork looted from Kuwait by Iraqi forces, said police spokesman Maj. Muthana Khalid.
It was seized on Tuesday during a raid near the mainly Shia city of Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad.
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Iraqi police arrested a man who was planning to sell "The Naked Woman" during a raid on his house in southern Iraq, officials said on Wednesday.
The painting was apparently among the artwork looted from Kuwait by Iraqi forces, said police spokesman Maj. Muthana Khalid.
It was seized on Tuesday during a raid near the mainly Shia city of Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad.