
Forgers and Artists - True Stories
According to experts, 30% of the paintings circulating on the art market are forgeries. Are any of them on your walls? Some forgers even claim their creations hang in the world's most famous museums. Truth? Urban Legend? Who knows...Fernand Legros, Wolfgang Beltracchi, these names may not mean anything to you, but they've left a stain on art history. These personalities got rich for years, by deceiving the greatest experts and the wealthiest collectors.From imitating the style of famous painters, to counterfeiting books and wines, they conned thousands of people with their innate talent: swindling. Listen to the incredible stories of the greatest forgers in art history in Forgers and Artists, True Stories.
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History

Episodes
20

Clifford Irving : the forger in literature

Konrad Kujau and the fake diary of Adolf Hitler

Ceslaw Bojarski, the Rembrandt of counterfeit bills

Joyce Hatto : the forger of classical music

Maximilien-Théodore Chrétin : the inventive forger

Michael Barret : the book forger

Adolfo Kaminsky : the Da Vinci of fake IDs

Rudy Kurniawan : the FBI and the wine forger

Pei-Shen Qian : the international forger

Tony Tetro and the fake paintings of Prince Charles

Tom Keating : the man of 2000 counterfeits

The Greenhalgh family : master forgers

Eric Piedoie le Tiec and the false Césars

Yves Chaudron and the Mona Lisa affair

Han Van Meegeren : the disciple of Vermeer

Guy Hain : from bronze to silver

Fernand Legros : the mystifier

David Stein : the legendary forger

Wolfgang Beltracchi : the prince of forgers
