My Fake Picasso Went to Auction at $1.4 Million

Forgery is one of the greatest challenges the art world faces today, with fakes and misattributions estimated to be as high as 50% of all works in the market. Before his arrest, Billy “The Brush” Mumford forged over 1000 pieces that made their way across the globe. His best friend David Henty had equally thrived selling his fakes on eBay, with one of his Picasso copies recently going up for auction at £1 million. Sydney Lima meets the two convicted forgers as they work to create a knock-off piece of art that could be accepted as real. Then she takes the piece to a forensic lab to see whether they can tell it’s a fake. Watch more like this: ‘Max the Forger’ Specialized in Faking Famous Art I Stole $2 Million of Jewelry as a Fake Prince The Real Life Robin Hood Stole 800 KGs of Gold