Art forger finally gets his retrospective show

The Victoria and Albert Museum presents a unique collection of over 100 forged paintings and sculptures seized by the capital’s Metropolitan Police.

Shown to the public for the first time, the collection includes fake antiquities, paintings attributed to English painter L.S. Lowry, Roman vessels and medieval jewelry from the workshop of Shaun Greenhalgh, called the most diverse art forger ever known.

Among the most notorious works displayed is the the “Amarna Princess”, an ancient Egyptian fake that Greenhalg was able to sell to the Bolton Museum for $650,000. He is currently serving a four years and eight months sentence.

The exhibition, “The Metropolitan Police Service’s Investigation of Fakes and Forgeries” is open from January 23 to February 7.

Source: The Daily Star

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Tags: Art forgery, Metropolitan Police Service, Shaun Greenhalgh, Victoria & Albert Museum

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