Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe DELHI, India, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- One of India's most popular artists says he visited an exhibition of his works in Delhi only to discover many of the paintings were fakes. S.H. Raza, 85, said he arrived for the inauguration of the exhibit at the Dhoomimal Gallery and found the majority of the paintings were forgeries, The Times of London reported Monday. Advertisement Gallery owners Uday and Uma Jain said some works were donated for the exhibit by Raza, while the 30 paintings alleged to be fakes were donated by the artist's nephew, Z.H. Zafri. The Jains apologized to the artist and said the exhibit was shut down half an hour after Raza expressed his doubts. "When I reached the gallery and started looking at the canvases on the walls, I was stunned," said Raza, who is suing his nephew. "As I moved from one canvas to the other, I realized that the works were just not mine, they were all fakes," he said. "I will turn 86 next month. At this stage of my life, this was the last thing I wanted to do -- grace an exhibition of my own fake paintings." Advertisement
