Art crime
Experts identify top six scandals amid boom in art crime
As new challenges emerge, tighter regulation is needed, they tell New York conference
Fakes still on the market as Knoedler victims sue
New lawsuits filed after we publish list of those who bought forgeries—some of which have not been traced
Thieves foil high-tech security at Kunsthal Rotterdam
Seven works were stolen as unmanned overnight protection fails
Was the Knoedler gallery warned about fakes?
The family of the artist Richard Diebenkorn says it alerted the gallery to fakes before they were sold
Indonesian tycoon Tong Djoe loses appeal in fake case
An Indonesian businessman has lost his appeal against claims that he sold a fake painting, according to reports in the Singapore press
Italian pop art forgery scandal widens as six more works are now being sought
Public prosecutor Giuseppe Ferrando pursues fakes tied to JZ Art gallery
Number of Beltracchi fakes keeps on rising
Fortunately for the German art forger, he has fled the country and therefore cannot be investigated
True scale of alleged Beltracchi forgeries revealed
Major auction houses and galleries have been caught up in the fake art scam
Football star and former Formula 1 boss caught up in fakes case
Jonathan Zebina and Flavio Briatore deny knowing paintings may be forgeries
Man who posed as count in Giacometti scam handed nine-year sentence by German courts
This ruling concludes a case launched after discovery of 1,150 fake sculptures
Four to go on trial in German “Werner Jäger” forgery case
Wolfgang Beltracchi, his wife Helene, her sister Jeanette, and Otto Schulte-Kellinghaus stand accused of selling high quality forgeries
Bolton’s fake Egyptian princess returns to the duped museum
While its real antiquities from Egypt travel to China
The source of infamous forger Van Meegeren’s secret supplies exposed
A Scotland Yard report shows that the notorious Dutch faker bought lapis lazuli paint for his “Vermeers” in bulk from Winsor & Newton
Australian forgeries to be destroyed
Fakes were purported to be by Charles Blackman and Robert Dickerson
Banksy gets the law on his side with a sting operation against forgers
Meanwhile, a new show organised by the mysterious artist proves to be a blockbuster
New York- and Miami-based dealer Giuseppe Concepcion accused over multiple forgeries
Concepcion is alleged to have sold fake Matisses and Calders among others, complete with forged certificates of authenticity
Park West sued by customers who demand refunds for "fake" works
The gallery dismisses the suit as a “smear campaign”
Design forgery ring uncovered in France
A Parisian artist produced fake 20th-century classics by Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Alexandre Noll and Pierre Chareau
Artist John Chamberlain can be sued over disputed Warhol, says Judge
Former Factory assistant claims he made the disputed work
Khmer sculpture handed back to Cambodia
An attempt to smuggle it was thwarted in the US
Getty curator could escape charges on a technicality
Marion True faces charges of conspiring to receive illicitly excavated artefacts
Court finds Peter Brant really does own Warhol’s Red Elvis
The decision ends a dispute that started in 2000
Shell Company Lawsuit: Gagosian and Brant pay $10 million to Uncle Sam in unpaid taxes
The US lawsuit alleged they created a shell company to avoid paying dues
New York art dealer Ely Sakhai accused of forgery scam as he sells masterpieces twice
He has been released on bail, which was set at $1 million
£100,000 reward for Leonardo’s Madonna stolen in Scotland
The Duke of Buccleuch's disputed masterpiece has yet to be found
US sues Larry Gagosian seeking back income taxes on art sales
Taxman claims he and others created a shell company to avoid tax
1991-2001: a mini-guide to a decade in the art market
From a game-changing Japanese scandal to price-fixing at the world's leading auction houses, we look at the most significant developments over the past ten years
Jakarta auction proves to be “An insult to forgery”
Indonesia is a big country and everything about it is larger-than-life; its despots, its riots and, apparently, its art frauds
Judge orders smashing of Giacometti plaster models
Founder of unauthorised casts sentenced to ten years