The silkscreened Warhol prints, each about 3-feet tall, were brazenly stolen from a Los Angeles business with the originals replaced with color copies inside their respective frames.

Los Angeles police detective Don Hrycyk of the city’s art theft detail declined to comment, saying the case was under investigation.

The total haul is valued at $350,000 and features six prints from his 1980 10 Portraits of Jews of the 20th Century series (Louis Brandeis, Martin Buber, George Gershwin, Sarah Bernhardt, Gertude Stein and Sigmund Freud) and three from the 1983 Endangered Species series (Siberian Tiger, Bald Eagle and Bighorn Ram).

A special tool was used to remove the frames in which the prints were hung at Moviola, because otherwise the walls would have been left damaged, according to the affidavit.

But according to a police affidavit, the owners didn’t notice the switch until two prints were taken to a West Adams shop for reframing.

The silk-screens probably were stolen in the last three years because of the condition of the fakes. The shop specializes in framing high-end art pieces. Staff at the framing firm noticed that the print was fuzzy and lacked a print number and signature.

The thefts were discovered recently when a member of the owner’s family took the silkscreens to be reframed, according to the entertainment website TMZ.

One of the paintings was put up for auction at Bonhams auction house in Los Angeles, according to TMZ. The print appears to be similar to the stolen artwork.

Bonhams spokeswoman Kristin Guiter told The Times that the auction house has responded to an LAPD request for information on a Warhol print.