Topic: Art Fraud

Why the Brooklyn Museum Can't Get Rid of All This Fake Art

AP

A New York retail magnate bequeathed a trove of artwork, but after a series of recent high-tech inspections, many of the donations turned out to be fake. And because of the benefactor's will, the museum can't even throw them out.

By Adam Martin

Sep 19, 2011

Chinese Artists Say Fake $11 Million Nude Was a Class Project

Former students claim the painting was forged 30 years after the death of the artist

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By Adam Martin

Sep 15, 2011

The Simplest Art Fraud Ever Unsurprisingly Gets Busted

A former Los Angeles dealer allegedly painted over signatures and signed Monet's

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