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October 11, 2010

Arts Crime

A 20th-Century Master Scam

How a London con man turned a struggling painter into a master forger, sold more than 200 fakes, and exposed the art industry as its own worst enemy.

Peter Landesman New York Times Magazine Jul 1999 30min Permalink