Museum worker sold paintings and put forgeries in their place

> The thief used the proceeds to finance a luxurious lifestyle, the judge said…and ordered him to repay the roughly $63,000 he got from the sale.

So on an average, he stole $31,500 a year to finance his “luxurious” lifestyle.

That number must be a typo in the original article. The total from 3 sales adds up to €81,495.

To be fair, if you are already paying all your bills and necessities from your normal salary, an extra 30K/year can buy quite some luxury.

The difference between 60K and 90K may only be x1.5, but if you have 50K in necessities then your luxury money goes from 10K to 40K, which is 4x.

I bet the forgeries are worth something now that they made the news. I'd like to see a photo comparing them to the original.