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Forgery

Crime

A Billion-Dollar Scandal Turns the ‘King of Manuscripts’ Into the ‘Madoff of France’

Inside a literary Ponzi scheme.

David Segal New York Times Feb 2020 Permalink

History Religion

The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus’s Wife

An ancient document suggests that Jesus had a wife. But an investigation into its origins leads to … Florida.

Ariel Sabar The Atlantic Jun 2016 45min Permalink

Crime

Yrs. Truly, A Lincoln

On the grifter who made a living forging the signatures of American heroes.

John Kobler The New Yorker Feb 1956 50min Permalink

Arts Crime History

Dead Sea Scrolls Go to Court

A scholarly dispute devolves into criminal impersonation.

Batya Ungar-Sargon Tablet Jan 2013 10min Permalink

Crime

A Man Walks Into a Bank

“What could possibly be funnier than depositing a perfectly ridiculous, obviously false, fake cheque?”

Patrick Combs The Financial Times Aug 2012 10min Permalink

Arts Crime

The Forger's Story

Searching for (and easily finding) Mark Augustus Landis, the man behind the “longest, strangest forgery spree the American art world has known.”

John Gapper The Financial Times Jan 2011 15min Permalink