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I'd like to read more on this. Any source?

• david927 5y ago
  I don't remember the titles, but there are a slew of books at your local library on the topic. False Impressions by Thomas Hoving is the only one that comes to mind. What's interesting about art as a money laundering scheme is that it's win-win for everyone but taxpayers. The galleries don't fight it, the investors don't, the experts don't, the museums(!) don't. For example, there were two crucifixes made from wood by Michelangelo recently bought by (I think) the Louvre and Bargello. But Michelangelo didn't work in wood, it's not in his style, and there's no documentation that he ever did these works. The wood, indeed, dates from the 1490's -- and that's it for any "proof". There are more people making money off of this than people who want to find out the truth.