art forgery

When Forgery Isn’t a Crime

Arts, Culture & Media

One of the world’s most prolific art forgers got caught. But he’ll never be prosecuted, because he donated all his fakes. 

A Christie's moderator facilitates the sale of a piece of artwork titled "Homme Assis" by Pablo Picasso during a Christie's auction in Shanghai on September 26, 2013.

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Arts
Mark Landis at work on a “Picasso."

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