The other day in Almaty, a criminal group seized the picture of Pablo Picasso worth almost $ 4.5 million. Experts have yet to determine the authenticity of this picture. But since there are no specialists in Kazakhstan to evaluate expensive paintings, one has to seek advice from foreign art connoisseurs. Meanwhile, local connoisseurs of expensive things risk buying fakes. The question arises: how could such valuable art objects come to the country?