A cache of fine art worth $4.5 million has been found hidden in moving containers sent to Brazil from Florida, authorities say.

Brazil's Federal Revenue Service says 18 artworks were hidden, mostly among the belongings of a 75-year-old Brazilian woman. Officials say they suspect a company used her move as a front to evade taxes.

The works are by contemporary artists such as Brazil's Beatriz Milhazes, as well as Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, known as The Twins.

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