The owner of a Los Angeles pawnshop pleaded guilty Tuesday to lying to investigators about his connection to stolen Andy Warhol art.

Glenn Bednarsh, 58, formerly of Beverly Hills, entered his plea in downtown Los Angeles to making false statements to the FBI.

Sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 6.

According to the indictment, Bednarsh knowingly bought a stolen Warhol trial proof depicting Soviet Union leader Vladimir Lenin in February 2021 for $6,000. He then attempted to sell it to a Dallas-based auction house.

Bednarsh asked co-conspirator Brian Light, 58, to help him sell the stolen trial proof. Light then contacted the Beverly Hills office of an auction house based in Dallas about selling the art, according to federal prosecutors.

The trial proof from the pop artist, No. 44 of only

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