How Much Money Do You End Up Making Off of Fake Baskiats?

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alfredo's version of the story is that this big new york collector, leo malca, was knowingly buying fake baskiats. We reached out to leo malka's people to day, and they disputed alFredo's account. For what it's worth. Yeverhav solt har like someone whos money and they take for pay. This is like a legal business.

Art crime is booming and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s paintings (or at least some very realistic forgeries) are the loot du jour. Reporter Brett Sokol and a guy who used to forge Basquiats explain.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, fact-checked by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram, who also edited.

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