![Consuelo Ciscar, former director of IVAM, posing with alleged Chinese mafia ringleader Gao Ping in 2008.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/MDUH7YICN4OHLPQSFWLUSWNRXQ.jpg?auth=b8657105dd7a3ee2f3add80d83965d0c390c577f25fa167bf51f5b1ee7e46d3b&width=414&height=233&smart=true)
Valencia’s IVAM museum overpaid for artworks by as much as 1,500%
Ex-chief Consuelo Ciscar, who was replaced last year, also wildly inflated visitor numbers
Ex-chief Consuelo Ciscar, who was replaced last year, also wildly inflated visitor numbers
Several Valencia families are claiming their right to similar protection
“Now it is a livelihood, but back when I started it was simply unthinkable"