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Outlook: Confessions of an Art Forger

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Shaun Greenhalgh

23/10/2018 GMT

Confessions of an Art Forger

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How a talented art forger imitated some of the greatest artists of all time

Shaun Greenhalgh fooled collectors and museums into believing his artworks were by great artists like Degas and Leonardo da Vinci.

Over many years Shaun Greenhalgh created art forgeries in his garden shed in the English town of Bolton. He fooled the art world into thinking his paintings and sculptures were lost masterpieces by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci, Gauguin and Degas. The scale and breadth of his work is unprecedented.

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(Image: Shaun Greenhalgh. Photo credit: Fabio De Paola.)

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