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Fraudster jailed in fake Norman Cornish paintings case

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Fraudster jailed in fake Norman Cornish paintings case
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ITV reported a prison sentence in a fraud case involving paintings falsely presented as works by the North East artist Norman Cornish. Image of works passed off as Cornish paintings: Northumbria Police, via ITV.

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

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