Art forgery is a billion-dollar underground industry.
✓ TRUE FACT
Art forgery involves creating or altering works to deceive buyers about authorship, provenance, or age, and it thrives where authentication is difficult. Investigations regularly uncover large rings and “sleeper” works that circulate for years, making the financial impact hard to measure but potentially enormous.
🤯 "Art forgery is a billion-dollar underground industry — proof that crime pays better than most art degrees."