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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19
Clifford Irving : the forger in literature
Apr 10, 2024
8 MINKonrad Kujau and the fake diary of Adolf Hitler
Apr 6, 202410 MINCeslaw Bojarski, the Rembrandt of counterfeit bills
Apr 3, 202411 MINJoyce Hatto : the forger of classical music
Mar 30, 202410 MINMichael Barret : the book forger
Mar 23, 20247 MINAdolfo Kaminsky : the Da Vinci of fake IDs
Mar 20, 20249 MINRudy Kurniawan : the FBI and the wine forger
Mar 16, 202412 MINPei-Shen Qian : the international forger
Mar 13, 20249 MINTony Tetro and the fake paintings of Prince Charles
Mar 9, 20249 MINTom Keating : the man of 2000 counterfeits
Mar 6, 202411 MINThe Greenhalgh family : master forgers
Mar 2, 202411 MINEric Piedoie le Tiec and the false Césars
Feb 28, 202412 MINYves Chaudron and the Mona Lisa affair
Feb 24, 20247 MINHan Van Meegeren : the disciple of Vermeer
Feb 21, 202411 MINGuy Hain : from bronze to silver
Feb 17, 202411 MINFernand Legros : the mystifier
Feb 14, 202410 MINDavid Stein : the legendary forger
Feb 10, 202412 MINWolfgang Beltracchi : the prince of forgers
Feb 7, 202412 MINTrailer - Forgers and Artists, True Stories
May 21, 20221 MIN