The story behind a painting typically starts with identifying the artist and when the work was produced. And truth be told, there are some allegedly prized paintings that tell a story of criminal ...

Art forgery has shadowed the art market for centuries, but in the last few decades it has escalated into a global industry. Estimates from the Art Legacy Institute suggest the trade in counterfeit art ...

Image forgery detection techniques have evolved into a sophisticated field that spans traditional methods and state‐of‐the‐art deep learning approaches. Researchers focus on identifying subtle ...

The art world is "fertile ground for criminals," says art scholar Noah Charney. In his new book, The Art of Forgery, he traces a tradition of... Could The Masterpiece Be A Fake? Profit, Revenge And ...

The most famous art forgery crime in history is the 1945 case of Dutch painter Han van Meegeren, who was initially arrested for treason. He was accused of selling authentic works by Vermeer, the ...

The conspirators claimed that their canvas was the original, while the Rijksmuseum's was an inferior copy. They also marketed ...

In the intricate world of art, where authenticity reigns supreme, the craft of faking art has evolved into a deceptive ...

The alleged leader of the scheme, a 77-year-old German man from Bavaria, also tried to sell counterfeit works supposedly by ...

The Italian art police have seized 21 artworks, purportedly by famed surrealist Salvador Dalí, on suspicion that they are forgeries. The works were part of an exhibition called “Salvador Dalí, tra ...