Send us a Text Message.Hebborn, master forger, tried to fool all the people, all the time.. Did he succeed? Find out in this fascinating episode of Fakes, Frauds and Phonies.

The Phony Count and His Fake Goya: An LAPD story!

15 days ago 12m 31s

Send us a Text Message.A phony Hungarian count steals a painting from an old couple, and resurfaces years later. The Los Angeles Police save the day!

de Hory, the king of Ibiza!

22 days ago 11m 1s

Send us a Text Message.de Hory, the man who perpetually re-invented himself: he was the subject of a book by Clifford Irving (yes, the author of the fake Howard Hughes diaries) and a film by Orson Wells (one of his least interesting productions

Maskat and his medieval turkey...

29 days ago 9m 8s

Send us a Text Message.The medieval frescoes looked amazingly fresh and new...mostly because they were fresh and new!

van Meegeren, crook or traitor?

May 29th, 2024 8m

Send us a Text Message.van Meegeren has to choose between selling a real Vermeer to Goering, and suffering the post-war consequences...or just admitting the he's a forger and get a slap on the wrist?

van Meegeren bakes a batch of Vermeers!

May 22nd, 2024 4m 14s

Send us a Text Message.van Meegeren creates "authentic" craquielures with a secret recipe!

van Meegeren reduix...and in deep trouble!

May 15th, 2024 19m 27s

Send us a Text Message.Accused of selling a Dutch cultural treasure to Hermann Goering, how will van Meegeren avoid the hangman's noose?

A Nazi, a forger and a contentious Vermeer!

May 8th, 2024 7m 36s

Send us a Text Message.How Han van Meegeren fooled the world's greatest expert on Vermeer, and pulled a fast one on Hermann Goering!

The limits of scientific testing

May 1st, 2024 4m 59s

Send us a Text Message.Can an x-ray or a microscope attribute a painting to a specific artist?

A Van Gogh from the 30's impacts a Canadian family!

Apr 25th, 2024 7m 13s

Send us a Text Message.A Van Gogh impacts a Canadian family. Is it authentic or one of Otto Wacker's fakes?Let's find out...

Otto Wacker and the dead artist who just continues to paint and paint!

Apr 17th, 2024 5m 31s

Send us a Text Message.A trial for forgery in the 1930s impacts a Canadian family some 70 years later.

A 500 Year Old Whodunit in Fakes, Frauds and Phonies

Apr 15th, 2024 5m 36s

Send us a Text Message.Was Michelangelo a bit of a rogue? Find out in this episode.

Episode 1 of Fakes, Frauds and Phonies

Apr 9th, 2024 6m 26s

Send us a Text Message.What is the difference between a legitimate copy and an illegal forgery? What are the earmarks of an archetypical art fraud? Get the answers to these questions in this episode of Fakes, Frauds and Phonies!