Fakes, Frauds and Phonies

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.

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!

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, a documentary titled F for Fake)

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

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?

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

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

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!

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

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...