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Scotland, Apr 11: After enduring ten years of theft attempt, a collection of rare paintings of David Roberts worth £500,000 will be kept for display next year at the National Galleries of Scotland. The 19th century art works of David Roberts were owned by Helen Guiterman who left the painting to The Art Fund charity in 1998 and it didn’t get fulfilled. For forging Helen Guiterman’s will her cousin’s grandson Shaun Gray was sentenced to three years of imprisonment.

The Art Fund has taken several steps to make sure the wishes of Guiterman to get fulfilled. They began to study the case after a delay occurred in handing over of the art work and they also found that Gray is the executor of the will. When The Art Fund found that Gray had forged the will and indulging in false accounting they raised the alarm. Gray was arrested when he plead guilty of charges levelled against him.

Gray also forged the documents to make himself owner to the valuable properties of Helen Guiterman that includes estate and collection of six oil paintings and 51 watercolours of David Roberts. The Art Funds finally recovered the art works and will take necessary steps to ensure its safety until it could be legally owned by the National Gallery of Scotland.

The collection of rare art works of renowned painter David Roberts includes famous Nuns in the Calefactory at Carmona. Robert hailed from Stockbridge in Edinburgh and was born in the year 1796. He is very popular and critically acclaimed during his lifetime. The paintings from the collection will be kept for display in the exhibition named Imagining Spain: From Goya to Picasso, The British and Spain to be held from 18 July to 11 October next year.