Malaysia has unveiled artworks by artists including Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró that authorities say were bought using money stolen from a multibillion-dollar state investment fund. The works were acquired using funds allegedly taken from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB , a Malaysian government fund set up in 2009 by then prime minister Najib Razak . According to the US Department of Justice, more than $4.5bn (£3.3bn) was misappropriated from the fund between 2009 and 2014 and used to buy luxury homes, jewellery, yachts, private jets , artworks, and even help finance the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street . The allegations triggered investigations in the US, Switzerland, Singapore, and several other countries and contributed to the collapse of Najib’s government in Malaysia’s 2018 general election. Najib has denied wrongdoing, and has been imprisoned since 2022 after losing a final appeal in a corruption case involving a former 1MDB subsidiary.…