European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday april 30. 198b junkman s fake paintings enrich Art dealers Bonn a a poor junk dealer who Laughl himself in pain churned nut 2.500 a pm of masterpieces and sold Vliem or a pittance to a ring Deal ing in forced Art. The dealers netted up 10 $23 million by reselling them As originals police said thursday the fake Picasso and other paint Ings were sold throughout the country Durine a 1 3-year period in one of Europe s biggest and scandals prosecutors said. Ai Casl two of the pictures arc hanging in museums. Artist Edgar Rugalla Ai sold a car 11 All of them for relatively Low prices la an dealerships in Dussac Tedorf and Wiesbaden police said. Picasso himself would have been proud of hit  said Wolfgang eng Clen the police officer in charge of the investigation. We were told repeatedly by an experts thai he is a  Titis Case is  he added i have never seen anything like  the dealers sold Rugalla s Worts at huge markups and Kepi the Money net Ting Between j17 million and $23 Mil lion police said. Rugalla was living in poverty when he began cooperating wild police ear Lier this month they said. One of Mugalla s fakes is hanging in a West Berlin museum and another is in a Small museum in Northern West Germany Engelen said. The Resi arc in the collections of private dealers or Art and auction houses. Eng Len said Mrugala copied from the works of More than 50 Anisis including Pablo Picasso. Germans George Grosz and Mai Beckmann and austrian Oskar Kokoschka. Clicc said the fake Art ring that marketed Rugalla s works was believed to include about 25 people Engesen said one of the ringleaders was in jail but he declined la say How Many of her arrests have Heen made. He so id a Nealla rarely attempted 10 sell any of his fake artworks himself Bui passed hem along to the dolls Sci Dorrand Wiesbaden dealers. To was not immediately known whether Rugalla was aware of inc prices his works were commanding. He is free on his own recognizance. But could face charges of forgery and fraud. Rugalla never had formal  mass circulation Bild newspaper said thursday. He Pew up in East Ber Lin and joined the East German mar Cham Navy at 14, then jumped ship and travelled to Weil Berlin where he opened a junk shop. While struggling to make his Busi Ness profitable Mruga Sia began copying artworks he saw hanging in Berlin museums Bild said. Hataier bought books on painting to Leach himself technique. Engelen said Only a portion of mrs Galla s work has been traced. Police have Sci a 100 lithographs supposedly by Olio my lick and 24 alleged Picasso sketches he said. Thatcher denounces television film on killing of 3 Ira men in Gibraltar London api prime minister Margaret Thatcher Friday denounced a television documentary that contradicted the official version of the killing of three unarmed Ira guerrillas by British commandos. The Freedom of people depends on the Rule of Law a fair Legal system she told a japanese television interviewer. The place to have trials Isa court of Law. Trial by to or guilt by accusation is the Day that Freedom  television authorities rejected a government request to delay the broadcast and the hour Long documentary death on the Rock aired thursday night. The program said the guerrillas died while trying to flee or surrender to the commandos in Gibraltar. For eign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe had said he guerrillas made movements which led Security personnel to believe Ihl in lives were in  thames television said in received scores of cells after inc broadcast running Aboul 3-2 again the Deci Sion to screen the film. Howe called the Broa cum grossly and wholly improper and said in a British broadcasting corp. Radio interview that in had inevitably been shown on Sal Ellie to in Gibraltar where ii might influence an inquest jury. Gerry Adams president of sinn fein Legal political spider woman Tansy Muni spin a t d of deception for a put uni Pher Itile the to Ftp of b hirsute Brach no a i an exhibition in Ontario Canada. The apparently attacking Lann la is actually one of in dead specimens Nhoh make up i display of various kinds of spam. Arm of the outlawed Irish Republican army said the allegations showed clearly the guerrillas were sum Manly  thames to said the documentary was the Resuli of a seven week investigation which included interviews with i so residents of apartments overlooking the area where the guerrillas were shot March 6. In the documentary translator Carmen Proem said she saw the shootings from her apartment window. Pruetta said she saw three armed men in Plain clothes gel out of a police car jump Over a Metal bar Rier in the Road and open fire on two of the guerrillas later identified As Mairead Farrell. 31. And Daniel Mccann. 30."when they Farrell and Mccann saw these men had guns in their hands they jus put their hands up there was no Chance. I mean they went to the floor immediately. They dropped Proetta said. She described the guerrillas action in putting their hands up As like giving themselves  Proetta said thai after lie initial shooting which she said occurred without warning a Blond gunman bunt Down and with the iwo hands he got his gun like that and went on shoot ing ill  others described seeing the third guerrilla Sean Savage. 24. Shot in inc Back As he tried to run away. Slain terrorist was mystery Man Athens. Greece a the government said Fri Day in did t know the identity of an armenian terrorist group Lender who was assassinated outside his Athens Home. Agop Agopian was gunned Down before Dawn thursday As he waited for a taxi in front of his suburban apartment. Police sources said Agopian lived in Greece for at least a year posing As a lebanese businessmen. He was founder and chief of the armenian secret army for the liberation of Armenia. Authorities in Greece did t know his  government spokesman Sotiris Kostopoulos said. Agopian also carried a South Yemen diplomatic passport in the name of Abdul Mohammed Kosim. Kostopoulos said Agopian who was Noi registered As a Diplomat Here had not been working in Greece. Agopian and a woman identified As his sister in Law were standing in front of Agopian s Home when two masked men emerged from a car. One Man shot Agopian twice with a saw cd off shot gun and fired again when the victim tried to run. The assailants fled. The woman was unhurt. The assassination could have been the work of a rival extremist  armenian sources in Athens who spoke on condition of anonymity police at first identified the victim As 39-year-old Abdul Mohammed Kashimu bom in Aden based on the South yemeni diplomatic passport he carried. He d lived in Athens foral least a year possibly longer As Henri Tili iian. But he travelled abroad very frequently on the yemeni passport did a Ponce source who spoke on condition of anonymity. But after reports from Paris said inc dead Man was the Long sought Leader of the terrorist group his wife Janil Titizian confirmed he was Agop ago Pun the ministry of Public order said in a statement. World today bombs damage 3 bars in Basque City of Bilbao Bilbao Spain a Small bombs exploded thursday in three ban in this Northern Basque City causing substantial damage but no injuries. The Basque separatist organization Eta claimed responsibility. The first blast occurred at 5 cd . In the Balanza bar in the Bilbao neighbourhood of och Arciaga. A Sec Ond explosion 15 minutes later heavily damaged the Amaya bar in the nearby suburb of Basauri a third explosion occurred about 40 minutes later in inc la Corona har in Central Bilbao police said. " police defused a fourth bomb in the International bar in  a Telephone Call to a local travellers Aid office a Man who identified himself As a member of Eta said the group planted the four bombs. Police said inv same per son called to Tell them where he fourth bomb was located. South african airways picks its first female Pilot Johannesburg South Africa up South african airways has appointed ils first woman Pilot an Airl Ine spokesman said. Brenda Howett an instructor of pilots in Jet Simula tors will take Over the second officer s scat lying 747s on Saa s International routes capt. Micky Mitchell director of flying services told a news conference. She has sorted out crusty did pilots in inc Simula tors As an instructor he said. There has been tremendous support for Brenda from  Howell said As an instructor. I have spent a great Deal of Lime in inc cockpits of various aircraft and no passengers have Ever had any Adverse reaction. 1 am not expecting any problems from passengers after raining on the International routes she will be come a co Pilot on Domestic routes and can Kupect to become a full Captain in about 1d years. M in chill said. Cuban troops shoot Down cuban plane in Angola Mexico City Uhi cuban troops Acci Dontly shot Down a cuban Airliner in Southern Angola with an anti aircraft rocket killing All 16 people aboard including a Deputy defense minister and High ranking army officers a cuban news Agency reported thursday. Prensa Latina. Quoting a statement by Cuba s revolutionary armed forces called the attack Early wednesday on a soviet built an-26 transport plane an error of  people died aboard the plane which was carrying a military delegation headed by Gen. Francisco Cruz Bourzac Deputy defense minister for armament and a member of inc communist party s Central committee. Painting fetches $17 million experts question authenticity Roubaix. France a a painting attributed o impressionist Auguste Renoir has sold for 10 million francs 11.7 million despite the doubt of some sex Peru Aslo its  say the painting of a naked woman reclining on a Green Cushion is too erotic i o be a real Renoir. The 19th-Century Mailer is Best known for idealizing the female form which he portrayed in Coty indoor sellings As Well As in the Sun washed outdoors