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Another interesting person who did forgery: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Beltracchi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Beltracchi
by weitzj 8y ago
Another interesting person who did forgery: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Beltracchi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Beltracchi
- Someone 8y agoThere’s also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_van_Meegeren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_van_Meegeren, who initially wasn’t trialed for forgery, but for aiding and abetting with the nazis, selling the Vermeer’s he ‘found’ to Hermann Göring. His defense (facing, potentially, a death penalty) that the painting was a forgery was only believed after he had shown how to paint a ‘Vermeer’.
- eleclady 8y agoHe forges art, nets 100m+ euros, goes to prison for 3 years. I spend 40 years at a job I'd rather not be at, lucky to retire with 1m+ euros. Leaves a sour taste.
- jacquesm 8y agoYou can still pick up a brush. 3 years in prison is nothing to sneeze at. It's a matter of ethics, after all, if all you want to look at is the eventual outcome we could all be bank robbers but most people prefer another life.