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The husband of missing Massachusetts mother Ana Walshe looted Dali artwork from his father's property after his death after breaking into his house and destroying his will, court documents show.

Brian Walshe, 46, was charged on Monday with 'misleading police' who are investigating the disappearance of his wife Ana, 39, on New Year's Day.

DailyMail.com can reveal he was accused by his family of stealing nearly a million dollars from his father Dr Thomas Walshe before the pair became estranged in 2009.

Thomas died in India, aged 71, in 2018 with his lawyer contacting his son to inform him of the news.

Legal documents show Walshe asked for a key to the $710,000 beachfront property in Hull, Massachusetts, after the attorney went himself and took pictures of the original will – dated May 2016.

They add the younger Walshe raided his father's home, stealing thousands of dollars worth of artwork and luxury items – including paintings by Salvador Dali and Joan Miro – as well as a car.

The father-of-three then allegedly tried to sell his father's home for $140,000 more than it was worth after he was wrongly named executor of the will.

He was also accused in the papers of immediately tried to sell the other items online, advertising a sale in January – months after his father's death.

The discrepancies were only caught after his cousin, who had been named the executor of Thomas' will, contacted a friend of his uncle's in 2019 to discover he had passed away.

Walshe failed to inform other family members of his father's passing, with another family member taking over the estate in July 2019.

He tried to object to the appointment a month later, with a probate court ordering him to submit an inventory of the items he took from the property, which he has refused to do.

Meanwhile Walshe was also previously charged with fraud after selling two fake Andy Warhol paintings for $80,000 in 2016, and was on house arrest ahead of a later sentencing hearing.

The fraudster is accused of 'misleading' the court regarding his assets in the Warhol case.

Court documents show he failed to inform probation about two IRA's at Fidelity – one of which he contributed $91,000 – and left off a 2014 Fiat and 2015 Maserati, which his wife Ana drove.

She posted that the car, worth $120,000, was the 'best Valentine's present of her life' in a post online, adding 'kiss to my husband who makes all of my childhood dreams come true'.

In a letter to the judge overseeing the Warhol case, Ana said that she was 'grateful' to him for allowing her husband to spend the 'last eight months at home supporting his children and closest family members.'

She wrote: 'During these eight months, our family was able to be together during many milestones.

'On December 21, 2021, my mother suffered a major neurological event which caused a heavy hemorrhage.

'Brian was the one who heard my mother's sighs (sic) for help within seconds and immediately called me and emergency.

'She keeps repeating that she wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her son-in law. Not only did he save her life, but he also brought her and the entire family comfort and joy during the course of her illness.

'Brian has been working consistently on breaking the past habits of his family and we are all looking forward to the new chapter of his life.'

Walshe is accused of 'misleading the court' and Ana is accused of 'benefiting from the fraud' – with her husband transferring her $115,000, which the court says link back to his victims.

The court claims that he stole more than $100,000 from his dead father's bank accounts, with the asses quickly 'converted to cash'.

A ruling said he 'was not legally entitled' to any of the items that he took, adding that it was to 'sustain his lavish lifestyle.'

Court documents also show Walshe used

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