A series of six programmes 3: SculpturePresented by John FltzMaurlce Mills
Forgers of stone sculpture go for the big sales to museums and private collectors. Once suspected. they are usually found out. But alongside them is a whole industry turning out fake metal statuettes. How do you decipher the catalogue code which gives the sale-room's opinion of an object? How do you tell if a figure has been artificially ' aged '? And is there any defence against the flood of fake netsuke - plastic imitations of Japanese ivories - coming on to the market?
Film cameraman HENRY FARRAR Film sound rAN SANSAM Film editor KEITH RAVEN Producer robin BOOTLE