Shortly after Ellie Frazetta's passing, in December 2009, Frank Frazetta's eldest son Frank Jr, was arrested on charges of stealing $20 million in paintings from the family museum in a fight over family fortune. According to the police report, Frazetta Jr, with the help of two men, broke through the museum door using a backhoe and took about 90 paintings. According to the affidavit, Frank Jr. told the responding trooper he had permission from the owner, Frank Frazetta Sr...The trooper called the owner, who said he had not given his son permission to either be in the museum or remove paintings from it.