They're also suspected of artificially inflating the prices of several stocks by promoting them as "hot" equities in e-mails, then selling their own holdings after their value rose.
At each of the museums the works will be displayed within their permanent collections galleries to add new dimension and nuance to the museums' own holdings.
Instead of lamenting the lack of available cash, instead they could look to their own holdings and use the opportunity to upgrade the quality of their portfolio.
There are losses in the move but it might -- should indeed -- enable the museums to concentrate on their primary task, which is displaying and augmenting their own holdings.