Petya Lovak was a Russian art dealer in Mr. Monk Paints His Masterpiece. In reality, he was part of a counterfeiting operation that involved paint canvases made from the same kind of paper as money. He tried to steal the canvases from Bennie Wentworth's junkyard (which he had sold to Adrian Monk earlier) but instead killed him. He then bought most of Monk's paintings, pretending they were great works of art. Monk realized the truth as Lovak was attempting to get the last of Monk's paintings from Natalie Teeger. Monk lured Lovak out of the house by burning the rest of the paintings on the front lawn, causing Lovak to run out, where he was then arrested by Leland Stottlemeyer and Randy Disher.
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