The Paintings Returned from Europe Exhibition ran from July 10 to 21 to introduce 17 paintings by famous Vietnamese artists. He hasn't responded to the museum's claim that 15 out of 17 paintings aren't original. Collector Vu Xuan Chung takes the paintings away after exhibition endsOn July 22, collector Vu Xuan Chung arrived at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts to take all 17 paintings after the exhibition ended. "We reported this case to relevant agencies but there hasn’t been any decision to temporarily seize the paintings and the museum doesn’t have the authorisation. Whether the paintings at the Paintings Returned from Europe in HCM City are original or not remain unclear as the exhibition came to an end while investigation is on-going.

Source: VietNamNet News July 22, 2016 09:33 UTC