The notorious British art forger Shaun Greenhalgh, who served a prison sentence between 2007 and 2012, claims to be the author of La Bella Principessa, a $150 million painting attributed to Leonardo ...

The so-called greatest art forger in history, Wolfgang Beltracchi, is back in the news. Ahead of this week’s wide-release of Beltracchi—Die Kunst der Fälschung (Beltracchi—The Art of Forgery) in ...

Update: The 60 Minutes report "The Con Artist" aired on Feb. 23, 2014. He could paint with the best of them. He could lie even better. Wolfgang Beltracchi fooled the experts for decades in an art scam ...

(CBS News) Art dealers and collectors are all embarrassed whenever a painting that appears to be genuine turns out to be a FAKE! About the only person who doesn't seem embarrassed is the fellow who's ...

In 1993, a New York real estate developer bought a small painting of two hummingbirds for $3 at a British flea market. He had a gut feeling it might be more valuable, so he took it to Christie’s, who ...

Ken Perenyi made millions forging famous works of art. Now he tells all. In an exhibition on forgeries at the Detroit Institute of Arts, a painting titled "A Female Saint", left, that once was ...