Forgers and Artists - True Stories

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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Forgers and Artists - True Stories
Forgers and Artists - True Stories
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Clifford Irving : the forger in literature

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Konrad Kujau and the fake diary of Adolf Hitler

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Ceslaw Bojarski, the Rembrandt of counterfeit bills

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Joyce Hatto : the forger of classical music

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Maximilien-Théodore Chrétin : the inventive forger

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Michael Barret : the book forger

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Adolfo Kaminsky : the Da Vinci of fake IDs

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Rudy Kurniawan : the FBI and the wine forger

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Pei-Shen Qian : the international forger

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Tony Tetro and the fake paintings of Prince Charles

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Tom Keating : the man of 2000 counterfeits

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The Greenhalgh family : master forgers

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Eric Piedoie le Tiec and the false Césars

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Yves Chaudron and the Mona Lisa affair

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Han Van Meegeren : the disciple of Vermeer

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Guy Hain : from bronze to silver

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Fernand Legros : the mystifier

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David Stein : the legendary forger

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Wolfgang Beltracchi : the prince of forgers

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