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The Forger's Apprentice

Constant Wonder

The story of infamous art forger Elmyr de Hory told by his apprentice. Thiago Piwowarczyk of New York Art Forensics sniffs out art forgeries.

The art world was rocked by the 1967 scandal of Elmyr de Hory's many forgeries.

Trained as a chemist, Thiago Piwowarczyk identifies art forgeries in a market surprisingly saturated by them.