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Wolfgang Beltracchi

German art forger

Ireland, William-Henry

William-Henry Ireland

British forger

Han van Meegeren: Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery

Han van Meegeren

Dutch painter

William Lauder

Scottish literary forger