Italian police raid Dali exhibition, say works on display were fake

Carabinieri officers hold one of the 21 artworks presumed to be inauthentic and falsely attributed to Salvador Dali, seized during an exhibition in Parma following an investigation by the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office, in Rome, Italy, in this handout picture obtained on October 1, 2025. Carabinieri/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

ROME (Reuters) -Italy's art heritage police said on Wednesday they raided a Salvador Dali exhibition and seized 21 works attributed to the famous Spanish surrealist painter that are presumed to be forgeries.

Officers took tapestries, drawings, engravings and various objects from the "Salvador Dali: Between art and Myth" show which opened last week in the northern city of Parma, the Carabinieri said in a statement.