I agree that it doesn't matter to many people. If the image is great, then it's great art. End of story. But when it comes to history, fake art can pollute our

I agree that it doesn't matter to many people. If the image is great, then it's great art. End of story. But when it comes to history, fake art can pollute our knowledge of the painter and the history. While many fakes use the same typical subjects, imagine that a faker created a canvas with a different story. If this story gets injected into the history, everyone's knowledge of the painter is corrupted.