£67,000 crossword artwork filled out in biro by 91-year-old

Elderly woman questioned after completing 39-year-old gallery piece designed to look like a blank word puzzle

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A 91-year-old woman has been questioned by police in Germany after she mistook a £67,000 artwork for a crossword and filled it out in biro.

Reading-Work-Piece, created by Arthur Kopcke in 1977, "essentially looks like an empty crossword puzzle" and has a caption saying: "Insert words," says the Daily Telegraph.

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