Inside the Weird World of Art Forgery

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• JE

  @jeditor9687 · 7 years ago (edited)

  He wrote an excellent memoir called Caveat Emptor. The most interesting part of his story was something he did not say here. The FBI told the auction houses they could press charges, but none did because they didn’t want to look like fools who sold fakes to millionaires. The auction houses didn’t even want to know which paintings were fakes.

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• MM

  @MMORPGmusic · 7 years ago

  That Leonardo painting went missing for awhile, it was actually in a Yacht of a Saudi royal.  The guy is so rich that he simply forgot about it

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• DE

  @DegreesOfThree · 7 years ago

  VICE should have done 30 minutes on this guy instead of the 8 chan troll.

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• MA

  @marcklopez537 · 6 years ago

  his fakes are so valuable that they have now become “fake masterpieces“ , the irony of being a clever artist. kudos to this man for crossing the boundaries of art and redirecting them.

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• SC

  @scrublord5760 · 7 years ago

  I’m a painter and honestly I love this guy. It’s hard out here to make a living and he’s taking advantage of the elite class of idiots. I love it

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• SG

  @sgm1534 · 6 years ago

  This man needs a Netflix doc he’s so talented wth

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• GR

  @gravecode · 7 years ago

  where's this dudes movie.

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• KR

  @krabkrusttv2930 · 7 years ago

  Honestly, they guy is probably an incredible painter after studying and reproducing the greats.

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• TI

  @tigressor · 7 years ago

  this guy is a legend<br>&quot;I liked money, I spent a lot of money.&quot;

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• ST

  @StatGuy01 · 7 years ago

  This guy is great at speaking. His manner, charisma and the style he gives off is awesome. What a character.

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• TH

  @TheDiabethick · 6 years ago

  I love how honest he is.<br><br>- Why did you do it?<br><br>- I liked the money.

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• GI

  @GiGiGiWest · 7 years ago

  I never knew that art criminal could be the aspirational goal

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