Astonishing truth is exposed about 'Picassos' hanging in one of Australia's most prestigious museums - as wife of owner makes major confession

Two paintings attributed to Pablo Picasso and hung successful Hobart's acclaimed MONA are clone and were 'created' by nan woman of nan museum's owner.

Kirsha Kaechele revealed successful a blog station connected Wednesday that she made nan paintings because she wasn't capable to root a existent Picasso that matched nan greenish taxable of nan museum's now-closed Ladies' Lounge.

'I wished for nan lounge to beryllium monochrome,' nan creator and curator wrote connected nan Mona website.

'I besides had clip moving against me, not to mention nan costs of insuring a Picasso - exorbitant!

'A fewer days later I was having drinks pinch my friend Natalie. 'Maybe I should conscionable make nan paintings myself', I said. We laughed - really absurd.

'But then, arsenic pinch galore absurd ideas, I decided it was a bully one.'

Ms Kaechele added nan paintings were created almost 4 years agone and she waited for 'it to rustle up' and to beryllium exposed 'but it didn't' happen.

Ms Kaechele had antecedently claimed nan paintings were inherited from her grandmother who knew nan 20th Century Spanish artist, who died successful 1973.

One of nan useful hung successful nan Museum of Old and New Art was her type of Picasso's Luncheon connected nan Grass, After Manet, which she saw displayed successful Paris. The different is called Reclining Nude.

She besides revealed respective different pieces successful nan Ladies' Lounge weren't authentic, including a mink rug 'made' by nan furrier of Princess (now Queen) Mary of Denmark and spears presented arsenic antiques collected by her grandfather.

MONA's Ladies' Lounge deed nan headlines earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile it was recovered to beryllium discriminatory by Tasmania's Civil and Administrative Tribunal aft a Sydney man complained he had been refused introduction to nan exhibit.

The tribunal successful April ruled MONA had 28 days to extremity refusing introduction to nan lounge to group who didn't place arsenic ladies.

After its closure, nan clone Picassos were moved to a female toilet cubicle to legally show them to female audiences.

Ms Kaechele, nan woman of millionaire MONA proprietor David Walsh, announced successful May that nan assemblage had appealed to nan Supreme Court of Tasmania.

The lounge housed immoderate of nan gallery's astir important works, including a Sidney Nolan, and women attendees were served by antheral butlers.