Saturday, April 08, 2023

How To Spot a Really Good Art Forgery



Beautiful artworks can fetch a pretty penny, and the older those artworks are the better. Who wouldn't want to have a relic of the Roman Empire gracing your home? A lot of people have those, and they also have no clue that it's liable to be faked. It happens to museums as well as private owners. Yeah, there's a lot of money in the trade of ancient art, but even more in forgeries, because it can be done again and again, as long as you aren't caught. Strangely, it takes a lot of hard work and talent to make convincing fakes, which gives us a clue to how much money is involved. The story of art forgeries is a minute and a half shorter than this video.   

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