Art forgery

Prison terms in Lee U-fan forgery case

Seoul, South Korea · Source report date:

Artist portrait: Lee U-fan at a 2016 press briefing; Yonhap
Artist portrait: Lee U-fan at a 2016 press briefing; Yonhap Image source ↗
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A Seoul court convicted a gallery operator and dealer over works attributed to Lee U-fan. The artist maintained the works were authentic, but the court found evidence of counterfeiting.

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Art forgery

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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