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Fancy Galleries, Fake Art

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The Art of John Howard

Federal prosecutors say fake art scheme is the largest in modern us. 63 fake masterpieces that sold for more than 80 million dollars. Four immigrants, two spanish brothers, a mexican american woman and a chinese painter turned out fake painting after fake painting. They did all sorts of things to make the paintings look old. Even empty dust buster beans on the canvases. But collectors don't buy polocs and rothcoes from strangers working out of a garage. They buy them from trusted galleries.

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