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Re:How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery d... by devindotcom on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @02:32PM (#28697928)
The story of the fake album of Galileo's moon illustrations was a truly fascinating one:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/16/a-very-rare-bo...

and one of my favorite stories of all time, about the theft of the Mona Lisa, similarly may hinge on forgery:

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/reprints/why_mona_lisa_s...

Unfortunately you have to page through in this virtual magazine, but it's a great read. Apparently not entirely substantiated though.

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