Regulation 2019/880 mandates more provenance information for cultural goods imported into the EU.

The paintings were spotted in a 2022 documentary about art thieves.

Oghenochuko Ojiri pled guilty in May for multiple art sales to Nazem Ahmad valued at $186,000.

Two of the items were seized by the Manhattan DA's Office earlier this year.

The culprit faces a heavy fine and up to six years of imprisonment

Oghenochuko Ojiri was charged earlier this month under a terrorism law.

One of the stolen items is a gold helmet estimated to be worth €4.3 million ($4.9 million).

The trial proof had an estimated value of $175,000.

The 83-year-old dealer sold allegedly smuggled Egyptian antiquities to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Prado experts reportedly said the painting was not by the Italian master, triggering the inquiry.