Auction canceled on fake artworks

An auction of Chinese paintings and sculpture has been canceled after some of the artworks were found to be fake.

Li Guohua, manager of the oil painting and sculpture department of ZD international, a Beijing-based auction company, said the auction was canceled because some of the artworks were "controversial".

The artworks were scheduled to go under the hammer in Beijing yesterday. The starting price of the work ranged from 30,000 yuan to 120,000 yuan.